Bismarck to no Effect: Fertility Decline and the Introduction of Social Insurance in Prussia
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Keywords
fertility transition; marriage pattern; old-age pension; health insurance; accident insurance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2020-09-21 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2020-09-21 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2020-09-21 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2020-09-21 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
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