Effects of Government Intervention on Population Growth in Imperial China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linong Zhou (Economic History from La Trobe University in 1991, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 213-230 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319909301800302 |
| PMID | 11623290 |
| OpenAlex | W1580664201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This study explores the role of imperial governments in affecting mortality levels and, particularly, fertility behaviors. It attempts to demonstrate that one element in Malthus' population theory, preventive checks, did exist in pre-modern China. Economic rationalism motivated peasants to adopt certain measures under varied conditions which raises doubts about the uniqueness of European societies in this aspect. Due mainly to government relief and welfare efforts, incentives to preventive checks gradually declined, which may be viewed as one more case of the influence of non-economic factors on the course of economic development
China · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic interventionism · Economics · Fertility · Incentive · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Rationalism · Sociology · Welfare · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Psychology
The Economics of Population Growth
The State of population theory
Historical Studies of Changing Fertility
Agricultural Development in China 1368-1968
Demographic, Political, and Social Transformations of China, 750-1550
Famine's Foes in Ch'ing China
Society and Fertility
Famines in Historical Perspective
Introduction
Food Supply and Population Growth in Southwest China, 1250-1850
The Growth and Decline of Chinese Family Clans
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |