Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008

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Author(s)/Editor(s) Written by FUKAO Kyoji, Jean-Pascal BASSINO, MAKINO Tatsuji, Ralph PAPRZYCKI, SETTSU Tokihiko, TAKASHIMA Masanori, TOKUI Joji
Publisher Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd.
ISBN 978-4-621-08913-2
Publication Date March 2015

Table of Contents

1. Introduction (Ralph Paprzycki, Jean-Pascal Bassino, and Kyoji Fukao)
2. Regional Inequality and Convergence in 1874-2008 (Jean-Pascal Bassino)
3. Industrial Structure, Prefectural Inequality, and Convergence (Tokihiko Settsu)
4. Growth, Migration, and Convergence (Ralph Paprzycki)
5. Regional Factor Inputs and Convergence in Japan: A Macro-Level Analysis, 1955-2008 (Kyoji Fukao, Tatsuji Makino, and Joji Tokui)
6. Industry-Level Factor Inputs and TFP, and Regional Convergence: 1970-2008 (Joji Tokui, Tatsuji Makino, and Kyoji Fukao)
7. Conclusion (Jean-Pascal Bassino, and Kyoji Fukao)

Appendix
1. Agricultural Production, Proto-Industrialization, and Urbanization, 1600-1874 (Masanori Takashima)
2. Construction of Prefectural Data for the Pre-World War II Period (Tokihiko Settsu, Kyoji Fukao, and Jean-Pascal Bassino )
3. Construction of Data Used in the Analysis for 1955-1969 (Tatsuji Makino)
4. Construction of the Regional-Level Japan Industrial Productivity (R-JIP) Database Used in the Analysis for 1970-2008 (Tatsuji Makino and Joji Tokui)

* Full Text in English.