of the pre-WWII period, Japan's real GNP per worker was not much more than a third of that of the U.S., with falling … barrier, Japan's prewar GNP per worker would have been close to a half of the U.S. The labor barrier existed because, we argue …

transfers from the U.S. to Western European countries and Japan were an important factor in driving growth in these recipient …

realignment of world growth rates -- with Japan and Europe growing faster, and the U.S. growing more slowly -- is likely to solve … a percentage point of GDP. Taken together, these results indicate that a realignment of global growth -- with Japan and …

China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … 2010), $5.7 trillion for Japan, and $1.5 trillion for South Korea. Our results also highlight the limits of cost …

, and economic transition paths of China, Japan, the U.S., and the EU. Each of these countries/regions is entering a period … prospects. And, rather than seeing the real wage per unit of human capital fall, the West and Japan see it rise by one fifth by …

Group-of-Five (G-5) countries: France, West Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and United states. It is assumed that all … France, West Germany and Japan, and between 8 and 10 percent per annum for the U.K. and the U.S. for the period under study …, the productive efficiencies of France, West Germany and Japan rose rapidly from less than 40 percent of the U.S. level in …

The relative distribution of the populations of the top 40 urban areas of France and Japan remained very constant …