Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2009
transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth. We present first evidence that such a trade-off indeed existed before the … demographic transition, exploiting a unique census-based dataset of 334 Prussian counties in 1849. Estimating two separate …. Furthermore, education in 1849 predicts the fertility transition in 1880-1905. …