Economic Analyses Using the Overlapping Generations Model and General Equilibrium Growth Accounting for the Japanese Economy

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 for the Analysis of Economic Development
General Equilibrium Growth Accounting for Japan
Two Demographic Dividends, Savings and Economic Growth
The Effect of Demographic Change on Industrial Structure
A Graphic Model of the Effects of Sectoral Technical Change
Factor Mobility and Surplus Labor in Japanese Economy
Agricultural Surplus Labor and Growth Accounting for the Thai Economy
Interrelationship between Population and Economy
A Consideration of the Positive Effect of Population
The Effects of Adult Longevity on National Savings Rate



Readership: Students and researchers who are interested in Japan's economic development.