Japan’s per capita GDP has fallen from 88 percent of the U.S. one in 1992 to 76 percent in 2007 according to Paul Krugman, who explains that two-thirds of that decline can be explained by an aging population.
But Michael J. Roberts here has a different estimate: three quarters of the relative decline (75%) would be explained by demographics.
Hat tip: Mark Thoma
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