Living standards in pre-war Japan and Maoist China
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Many statistics about the living standards in pre-war Japan and Maoist China have been released and much has been written about growth rates and patterns of industrialization. However there is a lack of research into comparative trends in living standards in the two countries. A study into this area found that output grew more quickly in China, and the fall in mortality was faster. Much of the recent evidence reinforces the earlier conclusion by Victor Lippit that the development process in China was more conducive to the welfare of the population.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 1997
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The productivity convergence debate: a theoretical and methodological reconsideration
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Different historical patterns of social and political action can help explain Japan's success and Portugal's failure to attain a standard of living comparable to that of the US by the mid-1970s, despite similar stages of development in 1959. It is posited that socio-political actions taken during a key formative period can strongly affect later socio-economic results. An eclectic approach to analyzing degrees of divergence or convergence is proposed.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 1996
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Accounting for the economic growth of firms in UK manufacturing since 1973
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UK manufacturing firms' output gains in the 1979-86 period resulted primarily from increases in inputs, not from general efficiency gains. The best explanation for the drop in total factor productivity in the UK during 1973-1979 is an increase in average output-price/input-price differential, which itself resulted from a squeeze on profit rates. The average gain in total factor productivity was almost zero during 1979-86.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 1996
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