MIYUKI TAKAHASHI
   Department   Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics
   Position   Professor
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.