New Sources for Comparative Social Science

Historical Population Panel Data From East Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID10969397
AuthorsHao Dong (0000-0003-3068-2471, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China), Cameron Campbell (0000-0001-6277-1941, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China), Satomi Kurosu (0000-0001-9341-0356, Reitaku University), Wenshan Yang (0000-0002-1666-4261, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan), Wen-Shan Yang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica), James Z Lee (School of Humanities and Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China), James Lee (0000-0001-6918-7158, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Year2015
Volume52
Issue3
Pages1061-1088
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1007/s13524-015-0397-y
PMID26001625
OpenAlexW342445244
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited34

Comparison and comparability lie at the heart of any comparative social science. Still, precise comparison is virtually impossible without using similar methods and similar data. In recent decades, social demographers, historians, and economic historians have compiled and made available a large number of micro-level data sets of historical populations for North America and Europe. Studies using these data have already made important contributions to many academic disciplines. In a similar spirit, we introduce five new micro-level historical panel data sets from East Asia, including the China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset–Liaoning (CMGPD-LN) 1749–1909, the China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset–Shuangcheng (CMGPD-SC) 1866–1913, the Japanese Ninbetsu-Aratame-Cho Population Register Database–Shimomoriya and Niita (NAC-SN) 1716–1870, the Korea Multi-Generational Panel Dataset–Tansung (KMGPD-TS) 1678–1888, and the Colonial Taiwan Household Registration Database (CTHRD) 1906–1945. These data sets in total contain more than 3.7 million linked observations of 610,000 individuals and are the first such Asian data to be made available online or by application. We discuss the key features and historical institutions that originally collected these data; the subsequent processes by which the data were reconstructed into individual-level panels; their particular data limitations and strengths; and their potential for comparative social scientific research

Archaeology · China · East Asia · Geography · Population · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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