Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74502 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4244
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. A metastudy of the historical demography literature shows that the EMP did not prevail throughout Europe, its three key components did not always coincide, and its more extreme manifestations were associated with economic stagnation rather than growth. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing human capital investment, adjusting population to economic trends, or sustaining beneficial cultural norms. European economic success was not caused by the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors.
Subjects: 
European Marriage Pattern
nuptiality
household structure
population growth
women
human capital
culture
institutions
JEL: 
J12
J13
K00
N33
O17
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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