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Title
A Consequence of Coerced Free Trade: Biological Living Standards of Korea during the Port-Opening Period, 1876-1910
Creator
Creator Name
Kim, Duol Kim, Duol
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Myongji University
Creator Name
Park, Heejin Park, Heejin
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Kyung-pook National University
Editor
Contributor Name
Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Abstract
After several hundred years of closed-door policy, Korea finally opened its ports in 1876. Historians have traditionally claimed that the port-opening was coerced by foreign countries, deteriorated the Korean economy, and made Korea become a colony. We examined this traditional view by measuring biological living standards and found the opposite. The height of the Hangryu Deceased, who died on the street but no one claimed their body, increased by 0.82 cm in this period. This finding implies that the colonization of Korea originated from political impotence that could not realize the benefit of foreign trade. This result also proposed that economic growth during the colonial period could be more related to free trade than colonial policies or new institutions
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2019-10
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
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VoR
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CEI Working Paper Series, No. 2019-9
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  http://cei.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/index.html
Number of Pages
28
Sponsorship
As a part of the Historical Statistics of Korea project by the Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research, this work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (32A-2010-1-B00035).
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CEI Working Paper Series
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https://hdl.handle.net/10086/30852