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  */