Reply to Edwards and Ogilvie: ‘Did the Black Death Cause Economic Development by “Inventing” Fertility Restriction’

On the origins of gender roles: Women and the plough

Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth

Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, vol. 74, issue 4, 1247-1263

Abstract: This reply shows that Edwards’ and Ogilvie’s critique of our paper (Voigtländer and Voth, American Economic Review 2013) is based on a failure to understand the logic of our argument, a flawed reading of the historical evidence, and basic econometric mistakes. The validity of our assumptions, the mechanism of the model, and the strength of our empirical evidence stand as in our original publication.

JEL-codes: J12 J13 J16 N33 N53 Q11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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