This unique book contains novel and in-depth research regarding economic development in Japan. The authors examine economic development in Japan from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Using general equilibrium growth accounting and the overlapping generations model, they analyze the relationships between population, agriculture and the economy. The research results are unprecedented and show the effects of increased adult longevity on national savings and the effects of demographic change on the industrial structure; the push-pull effects of technical change in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the positive effects of population on technical change and economic development.
Contents:Basic Considerations in the Analysis of Economic DevelopmentGeneral Equilibrium Growth Accounting for the Japanese EconomyA Graphic Model of the Effects of Sectoral Technical ChangeFactor Mobility and Surplus Labor in the Japanese EconomyAgricultural Surplus Labor and Growth Accounting for the Thai and Chinese EconomiesInterrelationship between Population and EconomyA Consideration of the Positive Effects of PopulationThe Effects of Adult Longevity on the National Saving RateTwo Demographic Dividends, Saving, and Economic GrowthThe Effect of Demographic Change on Industrial StructureReadership: Students and researchers who are interested in Japan's economic development.
