Japan and the Great Divergence

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stephen Broadberry, Nuffield College, Oxford

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Project Citation: 

Broadberry, Stephen. Japan and the Great Divergence. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-11-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E107508V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication file for "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874".  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.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (3652); Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (09/10-95); Global COE Hi-Stat program (Japanese Ministry of Education); US National Science Foundation (34-3476-00-09-781-7700); European Commission 7th framework Programme (SSH7-CT-2008-225342)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Great Divergence
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Japan, Britain
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 0730 – 1874
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 12/1/2009 – 11/1/2018
Universe:  View help for Universe
Population of Japan and Britain
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data; text

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
administrative records described in the Appendix
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