Fenjiashu
Economic development in the Chinese countryside based on household division inventories, ca. 1750–1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20436763 |
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| Authors | Meimei Wang (0000-0003-4887-8675, The Institute of Economic Research Chinese Academy of Social Science Beijing China, corresponding author), Bas Van Leeuwen (0000-0001-7817-5298, Research Department International Institute of Social History Amsterdam The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 252-272 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aehr.12227 |
| OpenAlex | W3203546199 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Despite the existence of a rich literature on Chinese partial household division, there is still limited evidence of its effect on land and capital accumulation and well‐being. In this study, contrary to the dominant view, we find that household property size peaked around 1800s–1830s, suggesting that equal‐share system did not necessarily lead to land fragmentation. We find evidence that this rise in farm sizes is related to the opposing forces of increased well‐being and increased inequality
Archaeology · Biology · Capital (architecture) · Demographic economics · Division (mathematics) · Division of labour · Economic geography · Economics · Fragmentation (computing) · Geography · Inequality · Market economy · Political science · Property (philosophy) · Rural area · Chinese history and philosophy · Ecology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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