Open AccessFertility and the Plough
Author(s) -
Alberto Alesina,
Paola Giuliano,
Nathan Nunn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936
H-Index - 297
eISSN - 1944-7981
pISSN - 0002-8282
DOI - 10.1257/aer.101.3.499
Subject(s) - fertility , plough , agriculture , economics , agricultural economics , geography , population , sociology , demography , archaeology
This paper provides evidence that the form of agriculture traditionally practiced--intensive plough agriculture versus shifting hoe agriculture--affected historic norms and preferences about fertility, and that these norms persist, affecting observed fertility around the world today.
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