Comparison of Income Distribution between Prewar and Postwar Period

估算战前日本收入分配的唯一可用数据是家庭税率数据。我们的研究是在不同的市政府办公室收集这些数据，并估计收入分配。(1)我们对战前山口县的收入分配进行了计算，得出以下结论：1)战前山口县的收入分配变得更加不平等，2)战前山口县的收入分配比战后更加不平等。由于收入分配从1960年开始变得更加平等，我们可以说，日本的收入分配在工业化初期（战前）变得更加不平等，在工业化后期（1960年以来）变得更加平等。(2)我们计算了战前岸和田市和白川镇按家庭职业划分的收入分配。这些数据中各行业的差异与战后日本整体的差异非常相似。

Only one available data for estimating income distribution in prewar Japan is the household rate tax data.Our research is to collect this data at various city government offices and to estimate income distribution.(1)We calculated income distribution in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the prewar period and obtained the following conclusions: 1)It became more unequal in this period, 2)It was much more unequal in the prewar than in the postwar period.Because income distribution turned to become more equal since 1960,we can state that the income distribution in Japan became more unequal in the early phase of industrialization (prewar period) and turned to be more equal in the later phase (since 1960).(2)We calculated income distribution by occupation of households in Kishiwada City and Shirakawa Town in prewar years. Difference by industry group in these data was very similar to that for Japan as a whole in the postwar period.