Tommy Bengtsson
Professor
New Evidence on the Standard of Living in Sweden during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries : Long-Term Development of the Demographic Response to Short-Term Economic Stress
Author
Summary, in English
Presents a new view of the standard of living development in Sweden during the agricultural revolution, using evidence on the ability to overcome short-term economic stress. The results corroborate previous findings, based on a variety of indicators, that standard of living in Sweden increased for most people after the mid-nineteenth century, but also support a more negative view of the immediate effects of the agricultural transformation in the beginning of the nineteenth century on the landless groups in society.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2005
Language
English
Pages
319-340
Publication/Series
Living Standards in the Past : New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- agricultural revolution
- demography
- economic stress
- event history analysis
- fertility
- grain prices
- mortality
- real wages
- standard of living
- Sweden
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9780199280681