Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University), A Productivity Revolution and Japan's Revitalization

Dale Jorgenson
Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Poster

Suggested Readings (from Professor Jorgenson):

Dale W. Jorgenson, Koji Nomura, and Jon D. Samuels (2016), “A Half Century of Trans-Pacific Competition: Price Level Indices and Productivity Gaps for Japanese and U.S. Industries, 1955-2012,” Ch. 13 in Dale W. Jorgenson, Kyoji Fukao, and Marcel P. Timmer, eds., The World Economy: Growth or Stagnation?, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, pp. 469-507.          

Government of Japan (2017), Abenomics,  Tokyo, Cabinet Office, January 20, 2017.
See: http://www.japan.go.jp/_userdata/abenomics/pdf/170116_abenomics.pdf

Mary Brinton (2015). Japanese Low Fertility and the Labor Force Participation of Married Women: The Role of Rigid Labor Markets and Workplace Norms. Tokyo, Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry, October. See: http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/special/p_a_w/056.html

Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics; the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government (M-RCBG), Harvard Kennedy School.