James Foreman?Peck
The Western European marriage pattern and economic development
Cardiff University
several centuries first world war womens age first marriage west europe higher east rest world low mortality regimes western europeans chose lower fertility part higher female age marriage allowed women increase human capital formally informally years child bearing informed mothers brought better educated offspring demographic pattern influenced stock human capital directly contributed western europes development advantage predicted relations economic model household tested two datasets one county level england second half nineteenth century national level europe 18701910