Japanese Colonial Land Survey Project and Korean Economic Take-off

Estonian Genome Project - before the take-off and take-off

I will give an overview of the preparations of the EGP including all aspects of the project and current satus of the pilot phase, describe the informatics part of the project together with other aspects (legal, ethical, logistics, financial etc.) and where we stand in terms of population genetics and genotyping technology in order to start using the sample collection for case--control studies f...

Cut-off Sampling Design: Take all, Take Some, and Take None

Extended Abstract. Sampling is the process of selecting units (e.g., people, organizations) from a population of interest so that by studying the sample we may fairly generalize our results back to the population from which they were chosen. To draw a sample from the underlying population, a variety of sampling methods can be employed, individually or in combination. Cut-off sampling is a pr...

Demographic Dynamics and Economic Take-Off -- the Economic Impact of China’s Population-Control Policies

What is the impact of China’s population-control policies on its economic growth? This paper has developed and tested a simple theory of demographic dynamics and economic take-off. It is shown in this paper that the standard econometric estimation conceals the “take-off effect” and therefore underestimates the economic impact of demographic changes. We have shown that the economic impact of Chi...

History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

Do historical institutions have a persistent impact on economic performance? We analyze the colonial institutions set up by the British to collect land revenue in India, and show that differences in historical property rights institutions lead to sustained differences in economic outcomes. Areas in which proprietary rights in land were historically given to landlords have significantly lower ag...

Lost Memories of Korean Cinema: Film Policies During Japanese Colonial Rule, 1919-1937