Japan JSPS Program: The Wealth and Income Distributions of Saving: A Comparative Study of Japan and the US

日本JSPS项目：储蓄的财富和收入分配：日本和美国的比较研究

• 批准号: 9600308
• 负责人: David Campbell
• 金额: $ 1.38万
• 依托单位: MA Fellowships
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1998-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9600308&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Japan; JSPS; Program; Wealth; Income

9600308 Campbell This award supports a 12 month Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. David Campbell at the Institute for Social Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Campbell will work with Dr. Masahiro Kawai, professor of economics, on a research project entitled, "The Wealth and Income Distribution of Saving: A Comparative Study of Japan and the United States." The proposed research will identify the socio-economic groups which drive aggregate saving in Japan and the United States and assess how these groups acquired their wealth. Substantial empirical evidence exists that suggests that the wealthy dominate aggregate saving in the United States and that much of this wealth results from inheritances. If this result can be generalized to Japan it would represent a major difference in how we view aggregate saving. Using micro-data from the two wealth surveys previously conducted in Japan, Dr. Campbell will compute the wealth and income distributions of saving for the period 1988 to 1994 and undertake a comparative analysis of the results with those from the US. The results of the analysis will provide insight into current economic theory as it relates to saving and practical suggestions for the creation of institutional structures that encourage higher saving rates. ***

9600308坎贝尔该奖项支持日本科学促进会为戴维·坎贝尔博士在日本东京大学社会科学研究所提供的为期12个月的博士后奖学金。坎贝尔博士将与经济学教授河井雅弘博士合作开展一项研究项目，题为《储蓄的财富和收入分配：日本和美国的比较研究》。这项拟议的研究将确定推动日本和美国总储蓄的社会经济群体，并评估这些群体是如何获得财富的。大量的经验证据表明，在美国，富人主导着总储蓄，而这些财富中的很大一部分来自遗产。如果这一结果能推广到日本，那将代表着我们对总储蓄的看法发生了重大变化。坎贝尔博士将利用之前在日本进行的两次财富调查的微观数据，计算1988年至1994年期间储蓄的财富和收入分配，并将结果与美国的结果进行比较分析。分析的结果将提供对当前经济理论的洞察，因为它与储蓄有关，并将为创建鼓励更高储蓄率的制度结构提供实用建议。***