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

Keisuke Moriya () and Kenichi Tomobe ()
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Keisuke Moriya: Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,
Kenichi Tomobe: Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,

No 19-16, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: infant mortality; mining pollution; environmental pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 N35 N55 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2019-11
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