Who grew rich: Anatomy and intergenerational dynamics of economic elites under Japan’s modernization

• In Event: Economic Development: Microfoundations

Brief Overview

We investigate the structure and mobility of economic elites during Japan’s transition to a modern society and industrialization using data from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Authors

• Tomoko Matsumoto, Tokyo University of Science

• Tetsuji Okazaki, the University of Tokyo