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Kajita Lab
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The lab examines regional economic disparities and public policy through the lens of geography.
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Regional disparities, through geography and policy
The Kajita Lab studies the relationship between economic development and regional economic disparities, as well as the actual state and evaluation of policies that redistribute money among regions.
Its main focus is how public works and intergovernmental grants have been distributed across regions in postwar Japan.
The lab analyzes the geographical significance and problems of policies such as municipal mergers and reforms of the local allocation tax, and considers what good policies and institutions should look like.
It also studies changes in rural areas in Japan and Europe, new development strategies for them, and the potential uses of small-area statistics.
Key terms
- Local Allocation Tax
- A system in which part of the taxes collected by the national government is allocated more generously to local governments with limited revenue, evening out differences among regions.
- Public Works
- Projects in which the national government or local governments build things such as roads and dams. They also affect local employment and the flow of money in a region.
- Small-Area Statistics
- Population and industry statistics compiled for units even finer than municipalities, such as town and block districts.
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The lab studies the relationship between economic development and regional economic disparities, as well as the actual state and evaluation of policies concerned with income redistribution among regions.
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Japan's rural landscape - panoramio” Mamusi Taka / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Geography of Regional Economic Disparities and Public Policy: “Check dam in Shizukita Valley” Alpsdake / CC0 (cropped)
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