On the Relationship Between Fertility and Wealth: Evidence from Widow Suicides (Satis) in Early Colonial India

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Elliott Green
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No 41, Working Papers from Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research

Abstract: Evidence on the pre-modern relationship between wealth and fertility has so far almost entirely relied upon data from Europe. We use British colonial records from early 19th-century India on widow suicides (satis) to show that there is a robust positive relationship between income and fertility.

Keywords: fertility; wealth; early colonial India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 J23 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-02
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