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EFFECTS OF THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE ON THE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND EMPLOYMENT IN HYOGO PREFECTURE

Kobe University Economic Review

46

23-39

神戸大学大学院経済学研究科

2000

2009-03-16

本文ファイルは、国立情報学研究所CiNiiより提供されたものです。

This report investigates the effects of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on the industrial structure and employment in Hyogo Prefecture using statistical materials from the Input-Output Tables for the Kinki Region and Hyogo Prefecture in 1990 and 1995, which were recently completed, and the Industrial Statistics for Hyogo Prefecture. According to these statistics, changes in the industrial structure of Hyogo Prefecture coincide with the long-term trend observed in the Kinki economy, and this fact suggests that the effects of the Great Earthquake were resolved at a relatively earlier stage. Impacts on employment also disappeared almost within two years. However, six patterns can be observed by focusing on trends in production and employment in individual industries in stricken areas. Of all, the situation in the fourth group, in which rubber-products and textile industry sectors are included, is particularly serious, and firms in this group have not yet recovered to the state before the Great Earthquake. For those sectors, administrative breaks may still be necessary. But what is more important for the administration is to create insurance systems for possible future disasters and to establish infrastructure.

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