Economics 2150A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Scottish Gaelic, Autocracy, Marriage

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 2150A/B
• Professor: Colin Denniston

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Reasons suggested by classical/ traditional school: china had different demographic characteristics, china had poor governmental institutions and poor informal/ cultural institutions. What does different demographic characteristics" mean: china had universal marriage -> no fraction of unmarried people, births and deaths higher in china. Population also suffered form famines as late as 19th century: china may"ve had lower real wages due to institutions governing marriage and fertility. Chinese demographic characteristics didn"t change in this period. Changes in england/ europe reflect the demographic revolution! Wrigley+schofield (1981) described the revolution as a sustained rise in real wages due to the. This they fell, was a major cause for the ir. Cbr determined by fertility rates of married and unmarried women, the marriage rate and female age of first marriage (fafm). Demographic revolution in england fertility pattern: fertility not at biological max since 1541 -> cbr approximately 30/1000 from c18th (cbr was 49/1000 for sub-saharan africa in 1980"s), fafm high in england 23. 1 (1880-1887).