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Ageographical and statistical analysis of gKaryu-byo h, Japan fs venereal disease (VD):the effect of the morbidity on indexes of infertility and fertility in modern Japan: the case of Gunma prefecture, 1910s-20s

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  • Kenichi Tomobe

    (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,)

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This paper analyzes the VD effect on fertility based on the village and town data in Gunma prefecture from 1910s to 1920s investigated by the bureau of public health and hygiene in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Gunma prefecture was the pioneer where the Japan fs licensed prostitute system was earliest abolished in 1893. Beside it, however, the private prostitute system called gKashi zashiki h prevaile d into the whole area of Gunma prefecture by the Taisho period, ca.1910s. The prostitute system in the modern Japan encountered the socioeconomic change derived from both urbanization and factory industrialization, which was stimulated by the state policy and the problem of population increase happened in the north eastern Japan since the late 19th century.

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  • Kenichi Tomobe, 2021. "Ageographical and statistical analysis of gKaryu-byo h, Japan fs venereal disease (VD):the effect of the morbidity on indexes of infertility and fertility in modern Japan: the case of Gunma prefecture," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 20-22, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:2022
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    Keywords

    Sexually Transmitted Disease; Syphilis; Infertility; Stillbirth; Miscarriage; Fertility;
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    JEL classification:

    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • N55 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Asia including Middle East
    • N95 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Asia including Middle East
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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