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Changes in Household Size and Reallocation of Household Labor in Interwar Rural Japan

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  • Kusadokoro, Motoi
  • Maru, Takeshi
  • Takashima, Masanori
  • Saito, Osamu

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In the 1930s,Japanese rural society experienced a sudden shift from a period of overpopulation to one of outflow. Towards the end of the period,non-farm job opportunities as well as military mobilization increased, as a result,of which many young men in the farm sector left their families,including eldest sons who usually stayed at home as farm successors. The study investigates the reallocation of household labor force in response to the large-scale withdrawal of young males from agriculture. Quantitative analysis shows that agricultural work that was earlier carried on by the outgoing males was largely taken up by mothers and other adult women. The impact of the outflowʼ was a little stronger when the eldest son left the farm.

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  • Kusadokoro, Motoi & Maru, Takeshi & Takashima, Masanori & Saito, Osamu, 2020. "Changes in Household Size and Reallocation of Household Labor in Interwar Rural Japan," Economic Review, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 71(1), pages 83-101, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:ecorev:v:71:y:2020:i:1:p:83-101
    DOI: 10.15057/30957
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    1. Yutaka Arimoto & Yoshihiro Sakane, 2021. "Agricultural development in industrialising Japan, 1880–1940," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 61(3), pages 290-317, November.

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    • N55 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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