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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
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages)
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
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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2019)
Subject Women -- Europe, Western -- Economic conditions
Marriage -- Economic aspects -- Europe, Western
Married women -- Europe, Western -- History
Women -- Europe, Western -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
Women -- Europe, Western -- History -- Modern period, 1600-
Human capital -- Europe, Western
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Human capital
Marriage -- Economic aspects
Married women
Women -- Economic conditions
Women -- Middle Ages
Women -- Modern period
Western Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Moor, Tine de, author
Carmichael, Sarah G., author
LC no. 2018048442
ISBN 9780190847890
0190847891
0190847905
9780190847906