Marital fertility and wealth during the fertility transition: Rural France, 1750-1850

Economic History Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-476

  Cummins, Neil ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FERTILITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RURAL SOCIETY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84875814752     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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