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The Vulnerable Child. Economic Insecurity and Child Mortality in Pre-Industrial Sweden: A Case Study of Västanfors, 1757--1850

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  • Tommy Bengtsson

    (Lund University
    California Institute of Technology)

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By using macro-economic time series as time-varying community variables in a life event analysis framework for micro data on individuals, we have found that mortality among children over the age of one year in pre-industrial Sweden was directly dependent upon economic fluctuations, a fact which has not been demonstrated before. The impact is stronger among the lower classes than the well-to-do. It is particularly strong in years following an extremely poor harvest. Another new finding is that smallpox mortality among children is determined by economic fluctuations. However, infant mortality seems to follow its own rhythms independently of changes in economic conditions.

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  • Tommy Bengtsson, 1999. "The Vulnerable Child. Economic Insecurity and Child Mortality in Pre-Industrial Sweden: A Case Study of Västanfors, 1757--1850," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 15(2), pages 117-151, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:15:y:1999:i:2:d:10.1023_a:1006215701608
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1006215701608
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    1. Hedefalk, Finn & Quaranta, Luciana & Bengtsson, Tommy, 2016. "Unequal lands: Soil type, nutrition and child mortality in southern Sweden, 1850-1914," Lund Papers in Economic History 148, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
    2. Schneider, Eric & Edvinsson, Sören & Ogasawara, Kota, 2022. "Did Smallpox Cause Stillbirths? Maternal Smallpox Infection, Vaccination and Stillbirths in Sweden, 1780-1839," CEPR Discussion Papers 17274, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Ali, Amjad & Bibi, Chan, 2016. "Determinants of Social Progress and its Scenarios under the role of Macroeconomic Instability: Empirics from Pakistan," MPRA Paper 72920, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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