Demographic responses to short-term stress in a 19th century Tuscan population: the case of household out-migration

Demographic responses to short-term stress in a 19^th century Tuscan population: the case of household out-migration

Breschi, Marco and Manfredini, Matteo and Fornasin, Alessio (2011) Demographic responses to short-term stress in a 19^th century Tuscan population: the case of household out-migration. Demographic Research, Vol. 25 (15), p. 491-512. eISSN 1435-9871. Article.

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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.15

Abstract

This paper deals with the relationship between household emigration and short-term crisis in a rural community of mid-19^th century Tuscany. Based on a detailed reconstruction of individual and household life-histories, the paper shows the close relationship between household emigration and different kinds of short-term stresses, either economic, epidemiologic or within the household. Despite the different response by SES - with the poorest strata of the population much exposed to price changes and mortality crisis - the death of the household head appears as one of the most powerful factor of household emigration.

Item Type:	Article
ID Code:	6588
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Emigration, household, sharecropping, short-term stress
Subjects:	Area 13 - Scienze economiche e statistiche > SECS-S/04 Demografia
Divisions:	001 Università di Sassari > 01 Dipartimenti > Economia, impresa, regolamentazione
Publisher:	Max Planck Institut fuer Demografische Forschung
eISSN:	1435-9871
Copyright Holders:	© 2011 Marco Breschi, Matteo Manfredini & Alessio Fornasin
Deposited On:	18 Nov 2011 09:45

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