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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Institutions and Demographic Responses to Shocks: Wuttemberg, 1634-1870
Autores: | Guinnane,   Timothy W.; Ogilvie,   Sheilagh.
Data: | 2008-05-09
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Malthusian models; Mortality; Fertility; Nuptiality; Guilds; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; N33; J10.
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.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

29763

http://purl.umn.edu/5977

Relação:

Yale University&gt;Economic Growth Center&gt;Center Discussion Papers

Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper

No. 962

Formato: | 62