Alcohol and Tobacco Expenditure of Agricultural Households in the Interwar Period Japan: A Panel Data Analysis Using the Third Period MAF Survey of Farm Household Economy（1931-41）

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  • 両大戦間期日本における農家の酒・煙草支出 : 農林省第3期農家経済調査(1931-41年)を用いたパネルデータ分析
  • リョウ タイセン カン キジツホン ニ オケル ノウカ ノ サケ ・ タバコ シシュツ : ノウリンショウ ダイ3キ ノウカ ケイザイ チョウサ(1931-41ネン)オ モチイタ パネルデータ ブンセキ

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This paper analyzes whether alcohol and tobacco expenditures of Japanese agricultural households in the interwar period show different patterns or not according to these householdsʼ degree of sociality. Private expenditure of alcohol was suppressed but not tobacco in the households with higher sociality. Alcohol had the strong nature of a tool for social intercourse in the rural area of the interwar period Japan, and therefore householdsʼ degree of sociality might affect the expenditure pattern of alcohol. The results indicate the importance of considering the relationship between community and its members when analyzing the expenditure of goods such as alcohol that have not only habit-forming characteristics but also the nature of the tool for social intercourse.

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  • 経済研究

    経済研究 69 (2), 115-128, 2018-04-24

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