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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Institutions and Demographic Responses to Shocks: Wuttemberg, 1634-1870
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| Autores: |
Guinnane, Timothy W.
Ogilvie, Sheilagh
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| Data: |
2008-05-09
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Malthusian models
Mortality
Fertility
Nuptiality
Guilds
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Labor and Human Capital
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
N33
J10
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| Resumo: |
Simple Malthusian models remain an important tool for understanding pre-modern demographic systems and their connection to the economy. But most recent literature has lost sight of the institutional context for demographic behavior that lay at the heart of Malthus’s own analysis. This paper estimates a short-run version of a Malthusian model for two Württemberg communities from 1646 to 1870. Württemberg differed institutionally from the northwest European societies analyzed in previous studies. The impact of institutional differences shows clearly in differing demographic reactions to economic shocks. Mortality was less sensitive to shocks than one would expect, while nuptiality was especially sensitive.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29763
http://purl.umn.edu/5977
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| Relação: |
Yale University>Economic Growth Center>Center Discussion Papers
Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper
No. 962
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| Formato: |
62
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