An Economic Analysis of Fertility in France
Author | : Jacques G. Silber |
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Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Family size |
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Author | : Jacques G. Silber |
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Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Family size |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Crops and climate |
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Author | : Gary Becker |
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Author | : Neil James Cummins |
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Release | : 2009 |
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The fertility transition in nineteenth century Europe is one of economic history's greatest puzzles. There is no consensus in the literature on the causes of this 'fertility revolution'. Following a critical review of the empirical and theoretical literature, this thesis re-examines the economic correlates of the fertility decline through the analysis of two new datasets from England and France. For the first time, the relationship between wealth and fertility can be studied over the period of the fertility transition. Clear patterns are discovered, namely a strong positive relationship pre-transition which switches to a strongly negative relationship during the onset of the transition. Family limitation is initiated by the richest segments of society. I then introduce a simple model which links fertility and social mobility to levels of economic inequality. I argue that parents are motivated by relative status concerns and the fertility transition is a response to changes in the environment for social mobility, where increased mobility becomes obtainable through fertility limitation. This hypothesis is tested with the new micro data in England and France. Fertility decline is strongly associated with decreased levels of inequality and increased levels of social mobility. The analysis finds strong support for the role of changes in inequality and the environment for social mobility as central factors in our understandings of Europe's fertility transition.
Author | : International Economic Association |
Publisher | : New York ; Toronto : J. Wiley |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Economic development |
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Author | : Michael N. Simkin |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1978 |
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Author | : Neil Cummins |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
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It has been long established that the demographic transition began in eighteenth-century France, yet there is no consensus on exactly why fertility declined. This analysis links fertility life histories to wealth at death data for four rural villages in France, 1750-1850. For the first time, the wealth-fertility relationship during the onset of the French fertility decline can be analysed. Where fertility is declining, wealth is a powerful predictor of smaller family size. This article argues that fertility decline in France was a result of changing levels of economic inequality, associated with the 1789 Revolution. In cross-section, the data support this hypothesis: where fertility is declining, economic inequality is lower than where fertility is high.
Author | : R. Scott Moreland |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Belgium |
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Author | : R. S. Moreland |
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Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Namkee Ahn |
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Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Family size |
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