CEIS-Tor Vergata is pleased to inform you that, on Friday April 10th, 2015 at 12.00 pm, Jacob Weisdorf (University of Southern Denmark) will present a paper on “Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Modern England” ABSTRACT It is commonly believed that England before the nineteenth century was a natural (i.e. uncontrolled) fertility society. The empirical analysis presented in this paper contests this view. We use duration models on a well-known historicaldataset of more than 15,000 families and 60,000 births to show that the sampled families adjusted the timing of their births in accordance with the prevalent economic conditions and with their stock of dependent children. The effects were larger among the lower socioeconomic ranks. Robust to a variety of specifications, our findings call for a re-interpretation of the demographic behaviour in historical England. The Seminar will be held at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", B-building, 1° floor, room B Please, go to www.ceistorvergata.it for the complete list of seminars and events at CEIS. How to reach us: http://web.uniroma2.it/mobilita/index.html http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/area.asp?a=867 Barbara Piazzi __________ Informazioni da ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versione del database delle firme digitali 11442 (20150408) __________ Il messaggio è stato controllato da ESET NOD32 Antivirus. www.nod32.it |
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