コバヤシ　ゲンヤ   KOBAYASHI GENYA   小林　弦矢    所属   明治大学  商学部    職種   専任教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2015/01
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	The impact of social workers on infant mortality in inter-war Tokyo: Bayesian dynamic panel quantile regression with endogenous variables
執筆形態	共著(筆頭者以外)
掲載誌名	CLIOMETRICA
掲載区分	国外
出版社・発行元	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
巻・号・頁	9(1),pp.97-130
著者・共著者	Kota Ogasawara, Genya Kobayashi
概要	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 social workers called Homen iin on reducing the infant mortality rate in inter-war Tokyo. These social workers were in charge of the medical casework and provided access to medical treatment for low-income households under the District Committees System. To examine how the activities of these social workers influenced infant mortality, this paper analyses panel data for Tokyo between 1926 and 1937. By employing the dynamic panel quantile regression approach, it is found that the activities of social workers played a vital role in mitigating the risk of infant mortality, especially in areas that had a higher infant mortality rate.
DOI	10.1007/s11698-014-0110-1
ISSN	1863-2505