@techreport{Guinnane2008Institutions,
abstract = {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 W\"{u}rttemberg communities from 1646 to 1870. W\"{u}rttemberg 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.},
address = {New Haven, Conn.},
author = {Timothy W. Guinnane and Sheilagh Ogilvie},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {N33; J10; 330; Malthusian models; mortality; fertility; nuptiality; guilds},
language = {eng},
number = {962},
publisher = {Yale Univ., Economic Growth Center},
title = {Institutions and demographic responses to shocks: W\"{u}rttemberg, 1634-1870},
type = {Center discussion paper // Economic Growth Center},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27001},
year = {2008}
}
