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Was the manorial system an efficient insurance institution? Economic stress and demographic response in Sweden, 1749-1859

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  • Martin Dribe
  • Mats Olsson
  • Patrick Svensson

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In much of preindustrial Europe, the manorial estate was an important institution in the rural economy. Despite a widespread view that the estates insured its tenants against uncertainties, there is little evidence that measures taken were efficient. This study uses the impact of grain prices on demographic outcomes as a measure of the efficiency of the manorial system in protecting its inhabitants against economic stress. Looking at four hundred parishes in southern Sweden (1749-1859), the manorial estate seems to have been able to insure its inhabitants against risks of economic stress, but the protective effect was highly imperfect, and only short term. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Martin Dribe & Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2012. "Was the manorial system an efficient insurance institution? Economic stress and demographic response in Sweden, 1749-1859," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 16(3), pages 292-310, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ereveh:v:16:y:2012:i:3:p:292-310
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    1. Kersti Lust & Martin Klesment & Hannaliis Jaadla, 2023. "Social inequalities in famine mortality in the manorial system of the tsarist Russian province of Livland in the mid‐1840s," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(4), pages 1333-1356, November.
    2. Miikka Voutilainen, 2022. "Income inequality and famine mortality: Evidence from the Finnish famine of the 1860s," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(2), pages 503-529, May.
    3. Dribe, Martin & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2015. "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536–1875," Lund Papers in Economic History 138, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

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