Family Limitation and the English Demographic Revolution: A Simulation Approach

Nicholas Crafts and N. J. Ireland

The Journal of Economic History, 1976, vol. 36, issue 3, 598-623

Abstract: This seeks to examine the thesis of family limitation in pre-industrial England proposed by E. A. Wrigley on the basis of birth intervals evidence in his famous 1966 paper, “Family Limitation in Pre-industrial England.” A simulation model of a stochastic reproductive system is used to investigate the possible effects of a variety offerees acting on birth intervals. It is argued that although the Wrigley hypothesis remains plausible it is likely that he has exaggerated the role of birth control.

Date: 1976
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