A theory of preindustrial population dynamics. Demography economy and well-being in Malthusian systems.

摘要: This paper presents a simple model of preindustrial population dynamics, one that brings together the theoretical insights Thomas Robert Malthus and Ester Boserup. Central to is concept well‐being, which refers those aspects physical condition influence an individual's capacity survive reproduce. Changes in mean variance well‐being are modeled, first, under fixed system food production and, second, face subsistence change. Among other things, suggests long‐term effects economic change on distribution negligible, although both likely increase temporarily short run. The used explore several issues enduring importance demographic anthropology, including nature regulation, relationship between pressure change, consequences transition from hunting gathering settled agricul...