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Spatial economic analysis on demographics and regional policies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H00842
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Sato Yasuhiro  東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科(経済学部), 教授 (30332703)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 大城 淳  沖縄大学, 経法商学部, 准教授 (00713067)
山本 和博  大阪大学, 経済学研究科, 教授 (10362633)
高橋 孝明  東京大学, 空間情報科学研究センター, 教授 (30262091)
田渕 隆俊  中央大学, 国際経営学部, 教授 (70133014)
大久保 敏弘  慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(三田), 教授 (80510255)
相浦 洋志  南山大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50511177)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,840,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Keywords経済政策 / 都市経済学 / 人口動態 / 空間経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project analyzes the relationship between demographics and regional economic policies. Demographics include population changes caused by birth and death, migration, and the resulting population composition.

We show that in political economy, regional policies chosen by local governments heavily depend on the population composition, and regions facing population aging are likely to impose inefficiently high taxes on firms to finance public good provision. We further show by using urban accounting that the labor wedge in the manufacturing sector is the most responsible for shaping the current Japanese population distribution across regions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

急速な高齢化と東京への人口一極集中を経験しつつある日本にとって、こうした人口動態がどのように地域経済政策へ影響するのかを把握することは、適切な政策運営上極めて重要である。本研究は、地方政府の政策意思決定の効率性に人口構成がどのように影響しうるかを明らかにした。この結果は、中央政府が地方交付税などを通じて地方の経済政策を補正する方向性を定めるうえで有用な知見であると考えられる。また、本研究は、日本の人口分布を規定する要因も明らかにしたが、この結果は、東京一極集中の是非を考えるための基礎を提供するものであり、政策分析に貢献しうるものである。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (22 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Peer Reviewed: 14 results,  Open Access: 13 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Florida International University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Monash University(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Measuring discrimination in spatial equilibrium: 100 years of Japan’s invisible race2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Yamagishi, Yasuhiro Sato
    • Journal Title

      CIRJE Discussion Papers

      Volume: F-1188 Pages: 1-101

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A first aid kit to assess welfare impacts2021

    • Author(s)
      Keisuke Kawata and Yasuhiro Sato
    • Journal Title

      Economics Letters

      Volume: 16 Pages: 109928-109928

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109928

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impacts of high-speed rail construction on land prices in urban agglomerations: Evidence from Kyushu in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Chigusa Okamoto and Yasuhiro Sato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Asian Economics

      Volume: 76 Pages: 101364-101364

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.asieco.2021.101364

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Intergenerational assimilation of minorities: The role of the majority group2021

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Itoh, Yasuhiro Sato, Yves Zenou
    • Journal Title

      CEPR Discussion Paper

      Volume: 16830 Pages: 1-54

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] High-speed rail and the spatial distribution of economic activity: Evidence from Japan's Shinkansen2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazunobu Hayakawa, Hans Koster, Takatoshi Tabuchi, Jacques-Francois Thisse
    • Journal Title

      RIETI Discussion Paper 21-E-003

      Volume: 21-E-003 Pages: 1-72

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Agglomeration of low-productive entrepreneurs to large regions: a simple model.2021

    • Author(s)
      Forslid, Rikard, & Okubo, Toshihiro
    • Journal Title

      Spatial Economic Analysis

      Volume: 未定 Issue: 4 Pages: 471-486

    • DOI

      10.1080/17421772.2021.1884280

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Industrial structure in urban accounting2020

    • Author(s)
      Oshiro Jun、Sato Yasuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Regional Science and Urban Economics

      Volume: 未定 Pages: 103576-103576

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103576

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Assimilation patterns in cities2020

    • Author(s)
      Sato, Y., and Y. Zenou
    • Journal Title

      European Economic Review

      Volume: 129 Pages: 103563-103563

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103563

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Demographics and competition for capital in political economy2020

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Morita, Yasuhiro Sato, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      International Tax and Public Finance

      Volume: - Issue: 4 Pages: 865-889

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10797-019-09587-0

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Demographics, immigration, and market size2020

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Fukumura, Kohei Nagamachi, Yasuhiro Sato and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: - Issue: 4 Pages: 597-639

    • DOI

      10.1007/s42973-019-00023-w

    • NAID

      210000164309

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Urban structures with forward and backward linkages2020

    • Author(s)
      Mossay P., P.M. Picard, and T. Tabuchi
    • Journal Title

      Regional Science and Urban Economics

      Volume: - Pages: 103522-103522

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103522

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Subsidy competition and imperfect labor markets2020

    • Author(s)
      Morita Tadashi、Sawada Yukiko、Yamamoto Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Public Economic Theory

      Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Pages: 698-728

    • DOI

      10.1111/jpet.12400

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Segregation and public spending under social identification2019

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Sato, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      CIRJE Discussion Papers

      Volume: F-1132

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Do the rich and poor colocate in large cities?2019

    • Author(s)
      Tabuchi T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Urban Economics

      Volume: 113 Pages: 103186-103186

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jue.2019.103186

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Battles between residents and tourists: On the welfare effects of growing tourism2019

    • Author(s)
      Takaaki Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      CSIS Discussion Paper

      Volume: 160

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Regional Variations in Productivity Premium of Exporters: Theory and Evidence2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomiura, Eiichi, and Toshihiro Okubo
    • Journal Title

      Review of International Economics

      Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 803-821

    • DOI

      10.1111/roie.12398

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Illegal immigration, unemployment, and multiple destination2019

    • Author(s)
      Kaz Miyagiwa and Yasuhiro Sato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Regional Science

      Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Pages: 118-144

    • DOI

      10.1111/jors.12408

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Creative Destruction of Industries: Yokohama City in the Great Kanto Earthquake, 19232019

    • Author(s)
      Okazaki Tetsuji、Okubo Toshihiro、Strobl Eric
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Economic History

      Volume: 79 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-31

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0022050718000748

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Comparative advantage and agglomeration of economies and trade costs2019

    • Author(s)
      Pflüger M. and T. Tabuchi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Urban Economics

      Volume: 109 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jue.2018.11.003

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Assimilation patterns in cities2018

    • Author(s)
      Yasuhiro Sato, Yves Zenou
    • Journal Title

      CEPR Discussion Papers

      Volume: 13364

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impacts of high-speed rail construction on urban agglomerations: Evidence from Kyushu in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Chigusa Okamoto, Yasuhiro Sato
    • Journal Title

      CIRJE Discussion Papers

      Volume: F-1097

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] On the economic geography of an aging society2018

    • Author(s)
      Takaaki Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      CSIS Discussion Paper

      Volume: 154

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Assimilation patterns in cities2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤泰裕
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Assimilation patterns in cities2019

    • Author(s)
      Yasuhiro Sato
    • Organizer
      2019 SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The impacts of high-speed railway construction on urban agglomerations: Evidence from Kyushu in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤泰裕
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Property Tax Competition in a System of Cities2018

    • Author(s)
      Yasuhiro Sato
    • Organizer
      2018 SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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