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European Marriage pattern - Coggle Diagram
European Marriage pattern
Causes
Consensual marriage
Marriage restricted to those who can form new households
Population growth became responsive to economic growth
Per capita income is high
Capital accumulation increases
Technological inovation
"High and economically unresponsive population growth would collapse the economy"
Elasticity of fertility with respect to economic behaviour was higher in other countries with no EMP
Social and cultural norms limited fertility in early modern England in a way that few other societies did
The widely variegated distribution of European marriage patterns is not consistent with any notion of a distinctive culture
New female position
Weakened patriarchy in families + spousal equality
Better informed mothers
More schooling for children, Higher literacy, better training
Higher HCI
Higher productivity
Higher Output
Higher Economic growth
Higher Income
Better women's property rights
Encouraged female labour participation
Black Death
Accessibility to the labour market
Bigger labour pool