How the West 'Invented' Fertility Restriction

household. In a Malthusian world, this translated into lower population pressure, raising average wages by up to a quarter. The Black Death thus set into motion a virtuous circle of higher wages and fertility decline that underpinned Europe’s high per capita incomes. We demonstrate the importance of this effect in a calibration of our model.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Voth, Hans-Joachim ; Voigtlaender, Nico
Institutions:	Society for Economic Dynamics - SED

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2010 Meeting Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2010 SED Meeting Papers Number 326
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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