A Look at the Effects of Japanese Public School Establishment on Taiwan’s Ancestral Ethnic Group Distribution: 1901-1926 ()
ABSTRACT
This article discusses about the effects of public
school education on ethnic group distribution in Taiwan during the Japanese
colonial period, with Changhua Plain in central Taiwan as an example. Many Han
Chinese migrated to Taiwan from various coastal areas in Southeast China under
the rule of Qing dynasty (1684-1895). The different ethnic groups were distributed
in such a way that populations from the same ancestral home lived together
while those of different descent became segregated. Transitioning into the
Japanese colonial period in 1895, did the promotion of Japanese education
assimilate different ancestral ethnic groups in Taiwan and change their
distribution on the island? To answer this question, this article starts by
organizing the 1901 and 1926 distribution of ancestral ethnic groups across 27
Changhua Plain areas in central Taiwan, as well as quantifying the levels of
ethnic group distribution by the Gini coefficient. This is followed by applying
difference-in-differences estimation to examine the effects of Japanese public
school education on ancestral ethnic group distribution.
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Huang, Y. (2021) A Look at the Effects of Japanese Public School Establishment on Taiwan’s Ancestral Ethnic Group Distribution: 1901-1926.
Current Urban Studies,
9, 144-157. doi:
10.4236/cus.2021.91009.
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