This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It
traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income and technology in …

Until the end of the nineteenth century, Japan raised its per capita income, starting from a
low level, by exporting primary commodities and importing manufactured goods. Around the …

This article provides estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP) converters for expenditure
side GDP of Japan/China, Japan/US and China/US in 1934–36 through a detailed matching …

We examine the relationship between defense spending and economic growth in the United
States during 1889–1991 and Japan during 1879–1990. We find that the impacts of defense …

This paper aims to show the tr occupation and to present a prelim meaningful, at least, for
two diffe tion of basic situation of industrializ Many economists are now interest order to …

This is a follow-up paper to Godo and Hayami (1999) in which long-term human capital
estimates for Japan and the United States are constructed. Using their estimates of average …

This paper presents a new dataset of education stock for Japan, Korea and the US. This
dataset has three major advantages over exiting ones such as Barro and Lee (2000), Kim …

This article provides the first expenditure-based estimate of purchasing power parity (PPP)
converters for 1934–1936 Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. We match all together 70–80 types of …

This study focusses on the influence of the government institutions of the Tokugawa regime
(1600-1867) on economic development. The Tokugawa shogunate is of interest in that, a) it …

This paper provides the first estimate of consumption purchasing power parity (PPP)
converters for 1934-36 Japan, Korea and Taiwan by matching prices of more than 50 types …