Fertility and Culture in Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Riga, Latvia, 1867–1881

Charles Wetherell () and Andrejs Plakans ()
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Charles Wetherell: University of California, Riverside
Andrejs Plakans: Iowa State University

European Journal of Population, 1997, vol. 13, issue 3, No 2, 243-268

Abstract: Abstract Recent research on the secular decline of fertility in historical Europe has focused on cultural explanations in the wake of the European Fertility Project's failure to confirm demographic transition theory. Using the city of Riga in present-day Latvia as a case study, the essay provides initial estimates of nuptiality and fertility for resident language and religious groups in 1867 and 1881, and reviews the prospects of future work. Despite obstacles, Eastern Europe offers researchers an exceptional opportunity to test major cultural and economic hypotheses about the fertility decline because sustained ethnic diversity coexisted with economic development.

Keywords: Economic Development; Public Finance; Initial Estimate; Religious Group; Ethnic Diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1005966907806

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