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Martin Dribe. Photo.

Martin Dribe

Professor, Centre director, Centre for Economic Demography

Martin Dribe. Photo.

New Evidence on the Standard of Living in Sweden during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries : Long-Term Development of the Demographic Response to Short-Term Economic Stress

Author

  • Tommy Bengtsson
  • Martin Dribe

Summary, in English

Presents a new view of the standard of living development in Sweden during the agricultural revolution, using evidence on the ability to overcome short-term economic stress. The results corroborate previous findings, based on a variety of indicators, that standard of living in Sweden increased for most people after the mid-nineteenth century, but also support a more negative view of the immediate effects of the agricultural transformation in the beginning of the nineteenth century on the landless groups in society.

Department/s

  • Department of Economic History
  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

319-340

Publication/Series

Living Standards in the Past : New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • agricultural revolution
  • demography
  • economic stress
  • event history analysis
  • fertility
  • grain prices
  • mortality
  • real wages
  • standard of living
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780199280681