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Becker, Sascha O. and Cinnirella, Francesco (2020) Prussia disaggregated : the demography of its universe of localities in 1871. Journal of Demographic Economics, 86 (3). pp. 259-290. doi:10.1017/dem.2020.12 ISSN 2054-0892.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2020.12
Abstract
We provide, for the first time, a detailed and comprehensive overview of the demography of more than 50,000 towns, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town, village, and manor). We find that Jews live predominantly in towns. Villages and manors are substantially segregated by denomination, whereas towns are less segregated. Yet, we find relatively lower levels of segregation by literacy. Regression analyses with county-fixed effects show that a larger share of Protestants is associated with higher literacy rates across all location types. A larger share of Jews relative to Catholics is not significantly associated with higher literacy in towns, but it is in villages and manors. Finally, a larger share of Jews is associated with lower fertility in towns, which is not explained by differences in literacy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1870- , Prussia (Germany) -- Population -- Economic aspect, Demography -- Prussia (Germany) , Prussia (Germany) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century, Segregation -- Prussia (Germany) | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Demographic Economics | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2054-0892 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 22 September 2020 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 86 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 259-290 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/dem.2020.12 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Journal of Demographic Economics | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 May 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 May 2020 | ||||||
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