Fertility and wealth in early colonial India: evidence from widow suicides (satis) in Bengal

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott D. ORCID: 0000-0002-0942-5756 (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

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Identification Number: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.04.046

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
Official URL:	http://www.journals.elsevier.com/economics-letters...
Additional Information:	© 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Divisions:	International Development Economics STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2013 16:06
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 08:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50779

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