The Relationship between the Industrial Structure and the Influx of Young People

Analysis for the Tokyo Area

Abstract

In Japan, the population was concentrated in areas with many manufacturing workers during the period of high economic growth, while the population was concentrated in areas with many tertiary industry workers during the period of low growth. In this study, in order to clarify the relationship between the state of the industrial structure in the region and the influx of young people, a correlation analysis was conducted using the municipalities in the Tokyo area as the analysis unit. As a result, it was shown that the more workers in the finance, insurance, and real estate industries, the greater the influx of young people. It was also confirmed that the more service workers there are, the larger the population inflow, and the more manufacturing workers there are, the smaller the population inflow.