Deciphering the Miracle on the Han: Lessons for the World on How South Korea Escaped Poverty and Transformed its Economy

解读韩国奇迹：韩国如何摆脱贫困并实现经济转型给世界的教训

• 批准号: ES/W011360/1
• 负责人: Robin Burgess
• 金额: $ 6.2万
• 依托单位: London School of Economics and Political Science
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW011360%2F1
• 关键词: Deciphering; Miracle; Han; Lessons; World

Starting in the 18th century a wave of technological innovations transformed the British economy. This marked the turning point in Britain becoming the rich country as we know it today. Much like Britain, South Korea witnessed a dramatic change in circumstances in the 20th century. South Korea began as a poor country before joining the ranks of the rich several decades later. The speed at which South Korea transformed is unprecedented, with the term 'the miracle on the Han River' being coined to describe this moment in history. Our goal is to decipher how this miracle took place. Despite South Korea's success, this period remains remarkably understudied in the mainstream English-language economics literature. Likely reasons include challenges in accessing data, language barriers, and a lack of understanding of the historical context. Our hope is that through the ESRC AHRC connections grant we can overcome these barriers to gain new insights on this fascinating period. Deciphering the miracle on the Han will help answer a fundamental question facing economics: why do some areas become rich, but not others? And, more importantly, is there anything governments can do to help this process?Our main objectives are to:1. Link renowned economists in economic growth and poverty alleviation from the London School of Economics (LSE) with leading economic historians of South Korea's economic transformation.2. Bring together scholars from Europe, North America, and South Korea to present the latest research on South Korea's historical economic development to determine what, so far, we know and do not know about South Korea's growth story. Workshops in both South Korea, hosted by Sogang University, and the UK, hosted by LSE, are planned.3. Fund early-career researcher exchanges to harness recently digitised and previously unavailable historical survey and administrative data to create an unprecedented dataset capturing all aspects of South Korea's economic transformation. This opens opportunities to develop collaborative projects within economics and across other fields.4. Develop new relationships with other important local agencies such as the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and the Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). 5. Feed results from research generated through these connections into global thinking on what effective development policy should look like, of which the UK and increasingly South Korea are key players. Extra emphasis will be on using existing links with FCDO to impact the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

从18世纪世纪开始，一波技术创新浪潮改变了英国经济。这标志着英国成为我们今天所知的富裕国家的转折点。与英国非常相似，韩国在世纪经历了环境的巨大变化。韩国开始时是一个穷国，几十年后才加入富国行列。韩国的转型速度是前所未有的，人们创造了“汉江奇迹”一词来描述这一历史时刻。我们的目标是破解这个奇迹是如何发生的。尽管韩国取得了成功，但这一时期在主流英语经济学文献中的研究仍然非常不足。可能的原因包括获取数据方面的挑战、语言障碍以及对历史背景缺乏了解。我们的希望是，通过ESRC AHRC连接赠款，我们可以克服这些障碍，获得对这一迷人时期的新见解。解读汉江奇迹将有助于回答经济学面临的一个基本问题：为什么有些地区富裕起来，而另一些地区却不富裕？更重要的是，政府能做些什么来帮助这一进程？我们的主要目标是：1。将伦敦经济学院（LSE）经济增长和扶贫领域的著名经济学家与韩国经济转型的主要经济历史学家联系起来。汇集来自欧洲，北美和韩国的学者，介绍韩国历史经济发展的最新研究，以确定到目前为止，我们知道和不知道韩国的增长故事。计划在韩国和英国分别举办由西江大学和伦敦政治经济学院主办的研讨会。资助早期职业研究人员交流，利用最近数字化和以前不可用的历史调查和行政数据，创建一个前所未有的数据集，捕捉韩国经济转型的各个方面。这为在经济学和其他领域开发合作项目提供了机会。与其他重要的地方机构发展新的关系，如韩国统计信息服务局（KOSIS）、韩国开发研究所（KDI）和韩国电力公司（KEPCO）。5.通过这些联系产生的研究成果将转化为关于有效发展政策应该是什么样的全球思维，英国和韩国是其中的关键参与者。特别强调的是，将利用与外交、安全和发展办公室的现有联系，对联合王国的安全、国防、发展和外交政策综合审查产生影响。