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

9600308 Campbell该奖项为日本东京大学社会科学研究所David Campbell博士提供为期12个月的日本科学促进协会（JSPS）博士后奖学金。Campbell博士将与经济学教授Masahiro Kawai博士合作进行一项名为“储蓄的财富和收入分配：日本和美国的比较研究”的研究项目。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，并评估这些群体如何获得财富。大量的经验证据表明，富人在美国的总储蓄中占主导地位，其中大部分财富来自遗产继承。如果这一结果可以推广到日本，它将代表我们如何看待总储蓄的重大差异。坎贝尔博士将利用以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，并为建立鼓励更高储蓄率的制度结构提供实际建议。＊＊＊

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. ***