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Morts pour la France: Demographic or Economic Factors?

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  • Jean-Pascal Guironnet
  • Antoine Parent

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This article offers a comprehensive analysis of the database ‘Mémoire des hommes’, which is a record of more than 1 million French soldiers officially recognized as dead during the World War I (WWI). Integrating this source with the 1911 census, we evaluate the potential numbers of recruits by French regional department. From this, a model identifies the factors affecting the number of deaths. While demographic factors are the principal determinants, adding significant economic, political and spatial factors reduces the unexplained variance between regions and significantly improves the explanation of the disparity in the number of deaths by region.

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  • Jean-Pascal Guironnet & Antoine Parent, 2019. "Morts pour la France: Demographic or Economic Factors?," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(2), pages 197-212, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:30:y:2019:i:2:p:197-212
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2018.1460715
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    1. Olivier Guillot & Antoine Parent, 2021. "Did the Executions of French Soldiers during the Great War Reflect Their Pacifist Views?," CEH Discussion Papers 04, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
    2. Gay, Victor & Grosjean, Pauline, 2023. "Morts Pour la France: A database of French fatalities of the Great War," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).

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