Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition
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Keywords
demographic transition; rainfall risk; income shocks; insurance; historical data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-11-20 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2016-11-20 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2016-11-20 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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