An application of the variable-r method to subpopulation growth rates in a 19th century agricultural population

Corey Sparks
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Corey Sparks: University of Texas at San Antonio

Demographic Research, 2009, vol. 21, issue 2, 23-64

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the differential growth rates of the farming and non-farming segments of a rural Scottish community during the 19th and early 20th centuries using the variable-r method allowing for net migration. Using this method, I find that the farming population of Orkney, Scotland, showed less variability in their reproduction and growth rates than the non-farming population during a period of net population decline. I conclude by suggesting that the variable-r method can be used in general cases where the relative growth of subpopulations or subpopulation reproduction is of interest.

Keywords: Scotland; variable-r method; subpopulation growth rates; agricultural population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.2

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