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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (HPSS) - seminar series
Research seminars for HPSS (formerly known as 'Campop'), which is part of the Department of Geography.
Sandwiches, fruit and juice are available from 12.30pm.
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- # Monday 25th June 2012, 12.00pm - ’ Paul Sharp (University of Southern Denmark), Nina Boberg-Fazlic & Jacob Weisdorf (University of Copenhagen)
- Please note that this extended seminar will run from 12 till 3pm. There will be two papers with a break for sandwiches 1.15 to 1.45.
- (1) ‘New findings from the family reconstitution data.’ and (2) ‘Nothing but a poor man with money? The changing fertility decisions of the rich before the English demographic transition.’
- Venue: HB101, Sir William Hardy Building Seminar Room
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The first paper will present an overview of a number of papers using the Group reconstitutions: ‘Birth spacing’, Jacob Weisdorf, Marc Klemp, Francesco Cinnirella; ‘The child QQ trade-off’, Jacob Weisdorf, Marc Klemp; ‘Survival of the richest’, Jacob Weisdorf, Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Paul Sharp; ‘Lasting damage’, Jacob Weisdorf, Marc Klemp; ‘Human capital’, Jacob Weisdorf, Nina Boberg-Fazlic.
The second paper will present one of the papers more fully.