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Nuptiality to regulate the commons? The case of the Don Cossacks (South Russia), 1867–1916

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  • Noël Bonneuil
  • Elena Fursa

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Sustainability in the commons has been associated with the optimal net present value controlled by the harvest rate under stationary population. Population growth however disrupts this scheme. In traditional societies, fertility was regulated by age at marriage. In times of population growth and limited resources, economic sustainability then requires that age of marriage should be raised. In the case study of the Don Cossacks, 1867–1916, early marriage, which was an important marker of social cohesion, was too slow to increase when mortality declined, fuelling a population growth that threatened the agrarian economy: age at marriage then appears to be essential to the theory of the commons in traditional societies.

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  • Noël Bonneuil & Elena Fursa, 2021. "Nuptiality to regulate the commons? The case of the Don Cossacks (South Russia), 1867–1916," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 73(2), pages 698-717.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:73:y:2021:i:2:p:698-717.
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    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N53 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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