; mortality ; fertility ; nuptiality ; guilds …. Mortality was less sensitive to shocks than one would expect, while nuptiality was especially sensitive. -- Malthusian models …

This paper argues that the secular decline in mortality, which began during the eighteenth century, is still in …

This paper argues that the secular decline in mortality, which began during the eighteenth century, is still in …

more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides information on spatial variation in Plague mortality at the city level … population returns to high-mortality locations endowed with more rural and urban fixed factors of production. Land suitability …

mortality rates. We develop a dynamic model of endogenous fertility, longevity, and human capital formation within a Malthusian … accounts for economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus …, but also for takeoffs to a growth regime and a demographic transition toward low fertility and mortality rates, and a …

Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and mortality rates. We … economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus, but also for … takeoffs to a growth regime and a demographic transition toward low fertility and mortality rates, and a persistent growth in …

Asian economies, have experienced steady income growth accompanied by sharply falling fertility and mortality rates … economic stagnation with high fertility and mortality and constant population and income, as predicted by Malthus, but also for … takeoffs to a growth regime and a demographic transition toward low fertility and mortality rates, and a persistent growth in …