Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 13:30 to 15:00
＊This seminar will be held online.
Please contact【yuri-kitabayashi(a)iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp 】in advance, if you want to participate in the meeting.
Presenter:
Susumu Cato
(Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
Title: “Long-run Evolution of Gini Inequality in Japan, 1722–1840”
(joint work with Masaki Nakabayashi)
This paper investigates the long-run evolution of income inequality in Tokugawa Japan. In particular, we examine the impact of a tax reform implemented in the early eighteenth century. The reform contributed to a reduction in inequality between social classes, notably improving the position of the “middle class,” consisting of relatively wealthy villagers. To address the limited availability of detailed income data, we employ a decomposability approach to inequality measurement.Abstract： Susumu Cato
- 共催：東京大学社会科学研究所 & IPP研究会
- 問合せ： 東京大学社会科学研究所 中林真幸研究室
2025 12th GSE-OSIPP Joint Seminar in Economics