Urbanization, mortality, and fertility in Malthusian England

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-247

  Clark, Gregory ^b   Cummins, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENGLAND; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; ENGLAND; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 73849107056     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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