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The European Marriage Pattern and Its Measurement

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We review different interpretations of the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and explore how they relate to the discussion of the link between the EMP and economic growth. Recently Dennison and Ogilvie have argued that the EMP did not contribute to growth in Early Modern Europe. We argue that the link between the EMP and economic growth is incorrectly conceptualized. Age of marriage is not a good scale for the degree to which countries were characterized by EMP. Rather, the economic effects of the EMP should be seen in the broader context of how marriage responds to changing economic circumstance.

Source: The Journal of Economic History

DOI: 10.1017/s0022050716000474

Authors: Sarah G. Carmichael, Alexandra de Pleijt, Jan Luiten van Zanden, Tine De Moor

Institutions: Utrecht University, London School of Economics and Political Science

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Social Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2283512936

FWCI: 22.7

Cites: 41

Cited by: 102

Related to: 10