) (2002); India (2004); Japan (2008); Republic of Korea (2006); the Russian Federation (2004, 2007, and 2010); and Taipei …. Japan; Taipei,China; and Republic of Korea have very low degrees of overall income inequality by world standards, while … poor households in the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China, due to differential returns to household endowments, suggesting …

five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea: M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la … explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly Choson Korea) and their path …

five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea: M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la … explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly Choson Korea) and their path …

concentration across regions in Korea and accounts for the unobserved heterogeneity across these regions. The analysis establishes a …

This paper draws on a unique data set, hojok (household registers), to estimate numeracy levels in Korea, 1550 … Korea, Japan, and China returned to the growth-path at different points of the 20th century, and this return was pre …