STANDARDS OF LIVING IN COLONIAL KOREA - DID THE MASSES BECOME WORSE OFF OR BETTER OFF UNDER JAPANESE RULE
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
KIMURA, M
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050700013516
发表日期：
1993
页码：
629-652
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摘要：
This article discusses the changing living standards among the Korean masses under Japanese rule. Farm income per household, agricultural real wages, and per capita calorie intake from staple foods declined. On the other hand primary school enrollment, literacy, and survival rates rose, and average stature at least did not decrease. Arguing that literacy rates, survival rates, and average stature are variables more directly related to living conditions than the others, this article concludes that the Korean masses' standards of living rose between colonization and 1940. Still, any summary assessment depends on the weights assigned to different variables.
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