Industrial Structure of Prefectures in Japan

Hiroyuki Matsuoka

Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 2017, vol. 7, issue 11, 440-449

Abstract: I would like to highlight two local prefectures in Japan, Fukui prefecture and Toyama prefecture. I live in Fukui prefecture and it has Toyama as the neighbor. This research uses 2011 Input-Out Tables of Fukui and Toyama prefectures and examines "the index of power of dispersion" and "the index of sensitivity of dispersion" of each industry. It also gets the production inducement values by consumption, investment, and export (and outflow to other prefectures). With these values, we can compare the two prefectures’ industrial structure. The values of the index of power of dispersion show some different industries in higher ranked industries, which have bigger economic effect. Moreover, "Information and communications" industry is ranked at the seventh in Fukui and "Iron and Steel" industry has the eighth position in Toyama. On the other hand, the index of sensitivity of dispersion’s values indicate that the industries at higher rank have similarity though the rankings are somewhat different. In addition, "Finance and insurance" is ranked at the sixth in both Fukui and Toyama. "Real estate" industry has the seventh and the eighth position in Fukui and Toyama respectively. Seeing the inducement effect of export and outflow to other prefectures, Fukui’s "Electricity, Gas, and Heat supply" industry and Toyama’s "Chemical products" industry have outstanding values. Furthermore, two industries characterize Fukui and Toyama about the effect to employment. That is to say, the third ranked industries are "Textile mill products" and "Fabricated metal products" respectively. Fukui and Toyama are in the same area, we call Hokuriku. However, they don’t necessarily have the same industrial structure.

Keywords: Input-out table; Iindex of the power of dispersion; Index of the sensitivity of dispersion; Production inducement; Consumption; Investment; Export. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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