Ogasawara, Kota; Kobayashi, Genya - In: Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and … 9 (2015) 1, pp. 97-130
Although no comprehensive sickness insurance system existed in Japan until the mid-twentieth century, the infant mortality rate in Japan started to decline from the early twentieth century onwards, specifically owing to health improvements in low-income areas. This paper focuses on the impact of...