Personal savings and consumption in postwar Japan / by Toshiyuki Mizoguchi.

Preface, 1 -- Part I. On the high personal saving ratio in Japan, 1 -- Chapter 1. Introduction, 3 -- Chapter 2. An international comparison of saving ratios according to occupational groups, 21 -- Chapter 3. Examinations of other factors affecting, 56 -- Part II. Studies in the consumption function in Japan, 103 -- Chapter 4. A review of previous studies on the consumption functions in Japan, 105 -- Chapter 5. Time-series consumption functions according to occupational groups, 129 -- Chapter 6. Cross-sectional studies on saving behavior of Japanese households, 163 -- Part III. The standard of living and the consumptions patterns in postwar Japan, 203 -- Chapter 7. The level of real per-capita consumption in Japan, 205 -- Chapter 8. Consumption pattern in postwar Japan, 255 -- Index, 297.