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Title
THE ENGINE AND THE REAPER: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MORTALITY IN EARLY MODERN JAPAN
Creator
Creator Name
Tang, John P. Tang, John P.
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Australian National University
Editor
Contributor Name
Research Center for Economic and Social Risks, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
disease contagion
market integration
mortality Kuznets curve
railroad transport
JEL
J11
N75
O14
Abstract
Economic development leads to improved health over time due to increased access to medical treatment, sanitation, and income, but in the short run the relationship may be negative given disease exposure from market integration. Using a panel dataset of vital statistics for late nineteenth century Japan, I find mortality rates increased during the country's early industrialization period and that railroad access accounts for over five percent of average mortality. Estimates from a triple-differences framework indicate that communicable disease mortality accounts for 91 percent of the additional incidence, which suggests that improved transport may have operated as a vector for transmission.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2015-11
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
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Related Title
RCESR Discussion Paper Series ; No. DP15-10
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  http://risk.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/index.html
Number of Pages
42
Appears in Collections
RCESR Discussion Paper Series / Research Center for Economic and Social Risks
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/27566