Analysis on the convergence and the factor mobility of production in East Asia

• Project/Area Number: 24530305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: OSAKA Hitoshi 京都産業大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90315044)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 東アジア / 収斂 / 生産要素移動 / 国際研究者交流 / 産業構造 / 労働生産性 / パネルデータ分析 / 時系列分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this analysis, we have initially examined the state of convergence in East Asia. Our panel data analysis indicates the possible convergence of the income level in this region except China and the Philippines. China is well known for its extraordinary rapid economic growth whilst the Philippines show the stagnated economic growth during the same period.
We have also conducted the empirical analysis with focusing on the labour migration in China as the case study for the factor mobility. We have employed the household survey data that was taken by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2002. Our data analysis supports the existing literature that indicates the younger age and the lower education as the main features of the labour migration from the rural area to the urban area in China.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 中国の労働移動に関する一考察―2002年世帯調査データによる実証分析― (2013)
  • Author(s): 大坂仁、岑智偉
  • Journal Title: 中国経済研究 Volume: 第10巻第1号 Pages: 70-81
  • NAID: 40019681250
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Research Note on Regional Convergence in East Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): 大坂仁（Hitoshi Osaka）
  • Journal Title: 九州経済学会年報 Volume: 第50集記念号 Pages: 47-54
  • NAID: 40019520483
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Regional Economic Development and Income Differences: A Perspective from Labor Productivity (2014)
  • Author(s): 大坂仁
  • Organizer: 九州経済学会第64回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学（福岡市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-06
• [Presentation] 中国労働移動に関する一考察：2002年家計調査データによる実証分析 (2012)
  • Author(s): 大坂仁、岑智偉
  • Organizer: 日中国際学術シンポジウム（中国経済学会（日本）および黒竜江大学（中国））
  • Place of Presentation: 黒竜江大学（中国）
• [Presentation] Empirical Analysis on the Regional Convergence in East Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): 大坂仁
  • Organizer: 日本応用経済学会
  • Place of Presentation: 明海大学（浦安市）
• [Presentation] Regional Convergence and the Role of Infrastructure in East Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): Hitoshi Osaka
  • Organizer: International Economic Research Conference of the Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists
  • Place of Presentation: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (Sri Lanka)
  • Invited
• [Presentation] China's regional income differences: a perspective from labor productivity
  • Author(s): 大坂仁
  • Organizer: 九州経済学会第63回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大分大学