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Title
The irreversible welfare cost of climate anomalies. Evidence from Japan (1872-1917)
Creator
Creator Name
Bassino, Jean-Pascal Bassino, Jean-Pascal
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
ENS Lyon
Creator Name
Lagoarde-Segot, Thomas Lagoarde-Segot, Thomas
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
KEDGE Business School
SDSN France
Creator Name
Woitek, Ulrich Woitek, Ulrich
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
University of Zurich
Editor
Contributor Name
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
一橋大学
Key Word
Business cycles
climate shocks
human stature
height cycles
Japan
JEL
E32
I15
N15
N95
Q54
Abstract
This paper presents evidence of the irreversible consequences of exogenous climatic shocks and economic fluctuations on human welfare. We rely on a unique data set covering the period from 1872 to 1917, corresponding to the early phase of Japanese industrialization. This data includes prefecture level average temperature, precipitation, agricultural prices, and the number of individuals by interval of height recorded in conscription reports, as well as nationwide indices of fluctuation in economic activities. We estimate the impact of yearly and monthly regional climate anomalies and yearly nationwide business cycle reversals on the average height of Japanese conscripts and its dispersion.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2020-01
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Discussion paper series. A ; No. 704
Relation
Related Title
Earlier versions have been presented under a different title in the session “Societal Response to Climate Variation: Institution, Market, and Social Change in Early Modern and Modern Japan” of the World Economic History Congress 2018 (MIT) and in workshops and seminars in Brussels, Kyoto, Strasbourg, and Tokyo
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  http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/
NCID
AA11476336
Number of Pages
28
Appears in Collections
Discussion paper series / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/30983