Malthus in Pre-industrial Northern Italy? A Cointegration Approach

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Although a number of studies have attempted to test the hypothesis of a "Malthusian" pre-industrial world, few have focused on countries outside the UK, or on the "post-Malthusian" regime postulated by Unified Growth Theory. The present work is the first to test explicitly for the post-Malthusian regime in a setting outside the UK and Scandinavia, namely northern Italy from 1650. Employing a cointegrated VAR model, we find evidence that this part of the world does not fit cleanly into the Malthusian or post-Malthusian worlds, suggesting room for an extension of the simple Malthusian model.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: EHES Working Paper ; No. 156

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
• Subject: Cointegration ; Italy ; Malthusian ; post-Malthusian

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pedersen, Maja ; Riani, Claudia ; Sharp, Paul
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
• (where): s.l.
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/247086
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET