Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott D. (2013) Fertility and wealth in early colonial India: evidence from widow suicides (satis) in Bengal. Economics Letters, 120 (2). pp. 302-304. ISSN 0165-1765
Abstract
Previously evidence on the pre-modern relationship between wealth and fertility almost entirely relied upon data from Europe. Using British colonial records from early 19th-century India on widow suicides (satis), we find a robust positive relationship between income and fertility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/economics-letters... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Elsevier B.V. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Sets: | Departments > International Development Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2013 16:06 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/50779/ |
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