An Empirical Analysis of Population and Technological Progress
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Beschreibung
Analyzing the relation between population factors and technological progress is the main purpose of this book. With its declining population, Japan faces the simple but difficult problem of whether sustained economic growth can be maintained. Although there are many studies to investigate future economic growth from the point of view of labor force transition and the decreasing saving rate, technological progress is the most important factor to be considered in the future path of the Japanese economy. Technological progress is the result of innovations or improvements in the quality of human and physical capital. The increase in technological progress, which is measured as total factor productivity (TFP), is realized both by improvements in productivity in the short term and by economic developments in the long term. The author investigates the relationship of population factors and productivity, focusing on productivity improvement in the short term. Many discussions have long been held about the relation between population and technological progress. From the old Malthusian model to the modern endogenous economic growth models, various theories are developed in the context of growth theory. In this book, these discussions are summarized briefly, with an analysis of the quantitative relation between population and technological progress using country-based panel data in recent periods.
Includes a brief discussion of the theoretical relationship between population and technological progress Provides an empirical analysis of the relation between TFP and population factors Uses panel data analysis in carrying out a quantitative study Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Hisakazu Kato
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Aging society Decreasing population Economic growth Panel data analysis Total factor progress