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Title
Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874
Creator
Creator Name
Bassino, Jean-Pascal Bassino, Jean-Pascal
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
IAO, ENS de Lyon
Creator Name
Broadberry, Stephen Broadberry, Stephen
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Nuffield College, Oxford
Creator Name
Fukao, Kyoji Fukao, Kyoji
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Creator Name
Gupta, Bishnupriya Gupta, Bishnupriya
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Warwick
Creator Name
Takashima, Masanori Takashima, Masanori
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
The University of Tokyo
Editor
Contributor Name
Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
GDP per capita
Britain
Great Divergence
Japan
JEL
N10
N30
N35
O10
O57
Abstract
Despite being the first Asian economy to achieve modern economic growth, Japan has received relatively little attention in the Great Divergence debate. New estimates suggest that although the level of GDP per capita remained below the level of northwest Europe throughout the period 730-1874, Japan experienced positive trend growth before 1868, in contrast to the negative trend growth experienced in China and India, leading to a Little Divergence within Asia. However, growth in Japan remained slower than in northwest Europe so that Japan continued to fall behind until after the institutional reforms of the early Meiji period. The Great Divergence thus occurred as the most dynamic part of Asia fell behind the most dynamic part of Europe.
Description
43431
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2018-12
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
CEI Working Paper Series, No. 2018-13
Number of Pages
59
Sponsorship
the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (reference number 3652), the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (reference 09/10-95), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Global COE Hi-Stat program (Japanese Ministry of Education).This paper also forms part of the Collaborative Project HI-POD supported by the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme for Research (Contract Number SSH7-CT-2008-225342), and the “Global Price and Income History, 1200-1950” NSF project (Grant #34-3476-00-09-781-7700).
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CEI Working Paper Series
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https://hdl.handle.net/10086/29758