The Declines in Infant Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from British Cities in Demographic Transition
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- Andrew Newell & Ian Gazeley, 2012. "The declines in infant mortality and fertility: Evidence from British cities in demographic transition," Working Paper Series 4812, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
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Keywords
fertility; infant mortality; education and sanitary reform; women's participation; education; 19th century and early 20th century Britain;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2012-10-06 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2012-10-06 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2012-10-06 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-URE-2012-10-06 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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