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Mining pollution and infant health in modern Japan:from village/ town statistics of infant mortality

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  • Keisuke Moriya

    (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,)

  • Kenichi Tomobe

    (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,)

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The purpose of the paper is to explain the relationship between infant mortality rate (IMR) and mining pollution. In Japan, the pollution became a problem in various places in the 1960 fs, but it had occurred since then. For example, around Ashio Copper Mine in Tochigi Prefecture, the mining pollution had been occurring since 1880 fs, and it had become a social problem in Japan. In our previous analysis, the IMR in Japan have declined irreversibly since 1920 fs because people got over the beriberi and syphilis, but in the specific area, such as mining area, the IMR remained still high rate in 1930 fs. So we will consider the relationship between the IMR and mining pollution.

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  • Keisuke Moriya & Kenichi Tomobe, 2019. "Mining pollution and infant health in modern Japan:from village/ town statistics of infant mortality," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 19-16, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
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    Keywords

    infant mortality; mining pollution; environmental pollution;
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    JEL classification:

    • 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
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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