Fertility and the Plough

Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano and Nathan Nunn

American Economic Review, 2011, vol. 101, issue 3, 499-503

Abstract: This paper provides evidence that the form of agriculture traditionally practiced--intensive plough agriculture versus shifting hoe agriculture--affected historic norms and preferences about fertility, and that these norms persist, affecting observed fertility around the world today.

Date: 2011
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