MIYUKI TAKAHASHI
Department Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics Position Professor |
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Date | 2015/11/12 |
Presentation Theme | Mortality as Demographic Response to Famines and Short-Term Economic Crisis in a Town in Northeastern Japan, 1729-1870 |
Conference | Social Science History Association |
Promoters | Social Science History Association |
Conference Type | International |
Presentation Type | Speech (General) |
Contribution Type | Collaborative |
Venue | Baltimore |
Publisher and common publisher | Satomi Kurosu 1st presentor |
Details | This study examines the patterns and covariates of mortality in a local post town of Koriyama in northeastern Japan from 1729-1870. Using the local population registers called "ninbetsu-aratame-cho (NAC)," we analyze how individual survival was affected by famines and local economic conditions depending on their sex and different life stages. We also analyze the effects of family wealth as measured by household socioeconomic status on physical vulnerability of individual men and women through their risk of dying. |