Does the European marriage pattern explain economic growth?
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Authors
Dennison, T
Ogilvie, Sheilagh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-3826
Abstract
jats:pThis article scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. Multivariate analysis of 4,705 demographic observations, covering women's marriage age, female lifetime celibacy, and household complexity in 39 European countries, shows that the most extreme manifestations of the EMP were associated with economic stagnation rather than growth. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing human capital investment, adjusting population to economic trends, or sustaining beneficial cultural norms. European economic success was not caused by the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors.</jats:p>
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Keywords
3801 Applied Economics, 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 38 Economics, 3502 Banking, Finance and Investment, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
Journal Title
Journal of Economic History
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Journal ISSN
0022-0507
1471-6372
1471-6372
Volume Title
74
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)