Dataset: japanemg.dat Source: Y. Murayama (1991). "Information and Emigrants: Interprefectural Differences of Japanese Emigration to the Pacific Northwest, 1880-1915", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 51, #1, pp125-147. Description: Emigration and measures of poverty (tenant farming), population pressure (farm size), and information (gov't workers in Hawaii and existence of pioneer immigrants) for 45 prefectures in Japan. Variables/Columns Prefecture 1-20 Emigrants 23-25 /* Per 1 million residents */ % land cultivated by tenant farmers 32-33 % change in ratio of tenant farmlands 37-41 Average area of arable land per farm 45-49 # of government labors working in Hawaii 52-57 /* in 100s */ Existence of pioneer immigrants 65 /* 1=Yes, 0=No */