Economic Growth and Transition of Industrial Structure in East Asia

This book explores new frontiers in the research of economic growth and industrial reconstruction, analyzing economic growth and transitions in industrial structure in East Asia with a variety of data. First, the effects of demographic change on trade openness is analyzed empirically using the panel data of APEC countries. Second, the determinant of wage and housing costs are estimated using survey data collected from peasant workers in China. Third, the determinants of conquests among nomads in or near China and dynasties from world history are analyzed empirically using data regarding dynasties. Fourth, critiques on Emmanuel? unequal exchange theory are investigated based on the profit data in the world. This book is highly recommended for readers who would like to obtain a new idea about economic development in terms of industrial structure.

Author: Tomoko Kinugasa, Linhui Yu, Qiang Chen, Zhixuan Feng

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: Nov 13, 2018

Number of Pages: 96 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9811328676

ISBN-13: 9789811328671