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Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized

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What role did population change play in East Asia’s rapid economic development? A reliable answer to the question is important because the extraordinary economic record of East Asian countries during their high-growth era (1960-90) is central to current development policy debates. This book argues that previous studies have neglected the fundamental ways in which demographic forces have influenced economic growth and regional economic integration. Consequently, the significance of East Asia’s remarkable decline in childbearing, the diminished rates of population growth, and the accompanying changes in age structure are not fully appreciated by policymakers.

The fifteen essays in this volume address ... Read more

These questions are addressed through a detailed examination of the experience between 1960 and 1990 of six East Asian economies: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. The essays compare the countries’ distinctive approaches to population policies and examine the important channels through which population change has affected economic development. Among the topics covered are the impact of population on productivity and innovation; economic structure; saving, investment, and international capital flows; international labor migration; human resource development; distribution of income; and the economic status of women.

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804743228
SKU
V9780804743228
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Mason
Andrew Mason is Professor of Economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Senior Fellow at the East-West Center. His most recent book is Sharing the Wealth (with Georges Tapinos)

Reviews for Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized
"This is a huge contribution to the most important demographic issue of the past two centuries, the importance of population growth in the process of economic development. The book reaches the decisive conclusion that population matters, and that age structure contributed dramatically to East Asia's stunning economic perfomance."—David E. Bloom, Harvard University "This is a high-quality book, written by authors ... Read more

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