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Capital women : the European marriage pattern, female empowerment and economic development in Western Europe 1300-1800

Title
Capital women : the European marriage pattern, female empowerment and economic development in Western Europe 1300-1800 / Jan Luiten van Zanden, Tine De Moor and Sarah Carmichael.
Author
Zanden, J. L. van
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Additional Authors
  • Moor, Tine de
  • Carmichael, Sarah G.
Description
xvii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"Jan Luiten van Zanden, Tine De Moor, and Sarah Carmichael argue that over centuries a "European Marriage Pattern" developed, characterized by high numbers of singles among men and women, high marriage ages among men and women, and neolocality, where the couple formed a new nuclear household and did not coreside with the parents. This distinctive pattern emerged due to the influence of the Catholic Church's teachings of marriage based on consensus, the rise of labor markets, and specific institutions concerning property transfers between generations that enhanced wage labor by women. Over time an unprecedented demographic regime was created and embedded in a highly commercial environment in which households interacted frequently with labor, capital and commodity markets. This was one of the main causes of the gradual move away from a Malthusian state towards an economy able to generate long-term economic growth"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The broader picture : the global determinants of female agency and economic growth -- The patterns behind change : origins and features of the European marriage pattern -- Effects on human capital formation -- Effect on capital market development -- The effect on the labour market : women's wages, human capital formation and fertility -- The "dark side" of the EMP? Testing the nuclear hardship hypothesis -- The institutional effect : alternatives for family ties, the role of trust and the emergence of the commercial household -- Beguines : living single and safe -- Conclusion : the EMP in Eurasian perspective.
Call Number
JFE 19-5357
ISBN
  • 9780190847883
  • 0190847883
LCCN
2018031083
OCLC
1053902882
Author
Zanden, J. L. van, author.
Title
Capital women : the European marriage pattern, female empowerment and economic development in Western Europe 1300-1800 / Jan Luiten van Zanden, Tine De Moor and Sarah Carmichael.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 500
Added Author
Moor, Tine de, author.
Carmichael, Sarah G., author.
Other Form:
Online version: Zanden, J. L. van, author. Capital women New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] 9780190847890 (DLC) 2018048442
Research Call Number
JFE 19-5357
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