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Institutions and demographic responses to shocks: Württemberg, 1634-1870

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Center Discussion Paper ; No. 962

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
Demographic Economics: General
Thema
Malthusian models
mortality
fertility
nuptiality
guilds

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Guinnane, Timothy W.
Ogilvie, Sheilagh
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Yale University, Economic Growth Center
(wo)
New Haven, CT
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Guinnane, Timothy W.
  • Ogilvie, Sheilagh
  • Yale University, Economic Growth Center

Entstanden

  • 2008

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