John Tang

Trade and Immigration

David S Jacks, John Tang

Book Chapter  |  2021

In this chapter, we describe long-run trends in global merchandise trade and immigration from 1870 to 2010. We revisit the reasons..

University of Melbourne

John Tang

Scholarly edition  |  2020  |  The Journal of Economic History

The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply, Market Access, and Structural Transformation in Pre-War Japan

S Basco, JP Tang

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Economic History

While credit supply growth is associated with exacerbating financial crises, its impact on long-run growth is unclear. Market acce..

THE LESSONS FROM PAST PANDEMICS

John Tang

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

From the bubonic plague to the Spanish flu, pandemics are not new, but the modern world brings with it amazing advancements and pa..

Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan. By Maren A. Ehlers. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2018. Pp xiv, 351. $49.95, hardcover.

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Economic History

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress. By Steven Pinker. London: Allen Lane, 2018. Pp. xvii, 556. £25, hardcover.

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Economic History

Upstart industrialization and exports: Evidence from Japan, 1880-1910

CM Meissner, JP Tang

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Economic History

Between 1880 and 1910, Japanese exports increased in volume, changed composition, and shifted from leading industrialized countrie..

Yokohama and the Silk Trade: How Eastern Japan Became the Primary Economic Region of Japan, 1843-1893

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Economic History

The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply and Economic Growth in Pre-War Japan

Sergi Basco, John Tang

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY

THE ENGINE AND THE REAPER: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MORTALITY IN LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY JAPAN

John P Tang

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Health Economics

Economic development improves long-run health outcomes through access to medical treatment, sanitation, and higher income. Short r..