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Detecting the Evolution of Deliberate Fertility Control before the Demographic Transition in Germany

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  • Aliaksandr Amialchuk

    (University of Toledo)

  • Elitsa Dimitrova

    (Institute for Population and Human Studies (IPHS))

Abstract

This paper studies the evolution of deliberate fertility control in fourteen historic German villages between 1700 and 1900. The fertility response to infant and child mortality and exogenous fluctuations in rye price are used as measures of the existence and extent of deliberate non-parity specific control. The results show that, even before the demographic transition, the breastfeeding effect associated with infant mortality decreases and the replacement effect associated with child mortality increases. A negative fertility response to high rye price is present only after 1800, supporting the existence and evolution of deliberate non-parity specific fertility control before the demographic transition.

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Article provided by Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany in its journal Demographic Research.

Volume (Year): 27 (2012)
Issue (Month): 19 (October)
Pages: 507-542

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Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:27:y:2012:i:19
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Keywords: breastfeeding; demographic transition; fertility control; Germany; replacement;

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  • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
  • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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Cited by:

  1. Francesco Cinnirella & Marc Klemp & Jacob Weisdorf, 2017. "Malthus in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(2), pages 413-436, April.
  2. Kai P. Willführ & Charlotte Störmer, 2013. "Reproductive behavior of landless agricultural workers, small farmers, and the economic elite in the historical Krummhörn region [East Frisia, Germany, 1720-1870]," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2013-011, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

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