抄録
Examines the patterns and trends of demographic responses to changes in living standards in two farming villages in north-eastern Japan from 1716 to 1870. Using the local population registers (ninbetsu-aratamecho), we analyse the impacts of short-term economic stress measured by annual variations of rice prices on mortality, fertility, first marriage, and migration. The result shows that first marriage and out-migration are most responsive to short-term economic stress. Household resources and wealth also influence these individual demographic behaviours but the effects differ by sex, life stage, and type/reason of behaviour. Findings on temporal trends suggest improvements of female socio-demographic status during the late nineteenth century.
本文言語 | English |
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ホスト出版物のタイトル | Living Standards in the Past |
ホスト出版物のサブタイトル | New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe |
出版社 | Oxford University Press |
ISBN(印刷版) | 9780199280681 |
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出版ステータス | Published - 2005 7 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)