The Economics of Rapid Growth : The Experience of Japan and Korea

By: Dirk Pilat

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Hardcover | 1 January 1994

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In The Economics of Rapid Growth, Dirk Pilat uses catch up theory to explain why countries with lower levels of income can use the technology of more advanced economies to foster growth and industralisation. His analysis emphasises the importance of pre-existing education levels, financial and commercial institutions and infrastructure to explain the rapid economic growth of Japan and Korea. A growth accounting framework is used to show the contribution of capital, labour and land to the rapid economic growth from the early 1950s. This growth is put in an international perspective by detailed sectoral productivity comparisons which include discussion of some of the measurement problems implicit in international comparisons. The final parts of the book look at the links between productivity and competitiveness, as well as the role of trade policy and exports in productivity growth.
This acclaimed new book will be widely read by researchers, students and policy makers concerned with growth, development and the emergence of two of the most powerful economies in the modern world.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Japanese Economy in Historical Perspective	p. 7
Korean Economic History	p. 33
Explaining Japanese Growth	p. 45
Analysing Korean Economic Development	p. 77
Japanese Productivity Levels	p. 101
Korean Productivity Performance	p. 147
International Comparisons of Productivity Levels	p. 177
Productivity and Competitive Performance	p. 193
The Catch Up Factor in Economic Growth	p. 211
Annex Tables	p. 221
Annex I : Data for Growth Accounts	p. 223
Annex II : Data for Binary Comparisons	p. 230
Annex III : Time Series	p. 276
References	p. 303
Statistical Sources	p. 322
Index	p. 325
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