Economic analyses using the overlapping generations model and general equilibrium growth accounting for the Japanese economy : population, agriculture and economic development / Mitoshi Yamaguchi and Tomoko Kinugasa.

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Ch. 1. Basic considerations in the analysis of economic development. 1. Theoretical considerations of agriculture, population and technical change. 2. Brief overview of pre-World War II history in Japanese economy. 3. Critical review of Japanese agricultural and non-agricultural research -- ch. 2. General equilibrium growth accounting for the Japanese economy. 1. Theoretical foundations for building the model. 2. Theoretical explanation of the model. 3. Empirical results from the model -- ch. 3. A graphic model of the effects of sectoral technical change. 1. Push and pull effects of sectoral technical change. 2. Graphic model of the effects of sectoral technical change. 3. Policy implications derived from the analysis -- ch. 4. Factor mobility and surplus labor in the Japanese economy. 1. Movement of inputs between the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. 2. Agricultural surplus labor and economic development. 3. Agricultural surplus labor and growth accounting analysis -- ch. 5. Agricultural surplus labor and growth accounting for the Thai and Chinese economies. 1. General outline of the economic development of Thailand. 2. Economic and social development planning in Thailand. 3. Surplus labor in the agricultural sector of Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand -- ch. 6. Interrelationship between population and economy. 1. Effect of population growth on economy. 2. Effect of the economy on population. 3. Interrelationships between population and economy -- ch. 7. A consideration of the positive effects of population. 1. Optimistic and pessimistic views of population growth. 2. Direct contribution of population cum labor growth to the economy. 3. Indirect contribution of population cum labor growth to the economy -- ch. 8. The effects of adult longevity on the national saving rate. 1. Theoretical background. 2. Empirical analysis with historical data. 3. Empirical analysis with world panel data -- ch. 9. Two demographic dividends, saving, and economic growth. 1. Measurement of demographic dividends and data. 2. The effects of demographic dividends on saving. 3. The effects of demographic dividends on growth -- ch. 10. The effect of demographic change on industrial structure. 1. Capital in the general equilibrium growth accounting model. 2. Capital accumulation in the overlapping generations model. 3. Simulation analysis of demographic change and industrialization.

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.

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