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Labour Productivity Growth In The Long Run: Japan, 1600–1909

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  • Tokihiko Settsu
  • Masanori Takashima

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This article examines long‐term labour productivity change in Japan from the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century. We constructed sectoral labour force estimates based on the methodology presented in a previous study, who provided a sectoral GDP series covering the Tokugawa period. Our results show the industrial structure in the Tokugawa period remained relatively stable in comparison with the economy after the Meiji Restoration. Nevertheless, the estimates of sectoral labour productivity suggest expansion of the market economy in Tokugawa Japan influenced the development of industrialisation after the Meiji Restoration.

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  • Tokihiko Settsu & Masanori Takashima, 2020. "Labour Productivity Growth In The Long Run: Japan, 1600–1909," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 60(1), pages 5-26, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:60:y:2020:i:1:p:5-26
    DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12188
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