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Regional growth and migration: a Japan-United States comparison

R J Barro, X Sala-i-martin

    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
    |December 1, 1992
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AmericasAsiaComparative StudiesDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEastern AsiaEconomic Conditions--changesEconomic DevelopmentEconomic FactorsGeographic FactorsJapanMacroeconomic FactorsMigration--determinantsNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation DynamicsPopulation GrowthResearch MethodologyStudiesUnited States

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