Tatsuo Hatta’s Blog: December 2020

Dec 17, 2020

“Productivity Growth Has No Relationship with Population Growth”

Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI) and Fudan University held a joint research seminar on 17 Dec. 2020. Hatta gave a talk on “Productivity Growth Has No Relationship with Population Growth.” You can see the slide material used in this seminar.

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Tatsuo Hatta is currently a member of the Japan Academy and serves as the Executive Board Chair at the Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI) in Kitakyushu.

Prior to his role at AGI, Hatta held several academic positions, including President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Professor at the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, and Johns Hopkins University. He also served as an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University.

Hatta was the President of the Japanese Economic Association from 2004 to 2005 and has held various positions within the Japanese government, including a member of the National Strategic Special Zone Commission.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in 1973 and his B.A. in Economics from International Christian University in Tokyo in 1965.

Hatta has published academic articles in American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, and Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Dec 17, 2020

“Productivity Growth Has No Relationship with Population Growth”

Keynote speech at "The 2nd Symposium on World Economics, Finance and Business (WEFB)" (August 20, 2025)