Property Rights, Marriage, and Fertility in the Italian Alps, 1790-1820

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Marco Casari, University of Bologna; Maurizio Lisciandra, University of Messina; Claudio Tagliapietra, University of Bologna

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Project Citation: 

Casari, Marco, Lisciandra, Maurizio, and Tagliapietra, Claudio. Property Rights, Marriage, and Fertility in the Italian Alps, 1790-1820. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-09-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E106040V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Does property rights allocation on the commons affect marriage strategies and fertility? We focus on the role played by patrilineal vs. egalitarian inheritance systems. Our approach combines a theoretical model and an empirical study that exploits an institutional shock at the turn of the 19th century that made inheritance of common property-resources egalitarian for everyone. We report that – as predicted by the model – communities with patrilineal inheritance rights on the commons exhibit higher levels of endogamy and consanguinity and lower fertility than those with egalitarian inheritance rights.

Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources University of Bologna

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms [Common-pool resources; , Inheritance; , Land Tenure; , Napoleon; ]
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Italy
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1790 – 1820
Universe:  View help for Universe A sample of marriage and birth records from 52 parishes in Trentino, Italy.

Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling
The sample of 52 parishes is a random selection out of all Parishes in the Diocesi of Trento.

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
Birth and Marriage Registers: ADT (Archivio Diocesano di Trento), Registri dei nati; Registri dei matrimoni. Microfilms, 250 coils.

Diocesan Registers of the Clergy: ADT (Archivio Diocesano di Trento), Prospetti del clero, sec. XVIII-XX. 7 volumes, 17 envelopes.


Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) coded on-site observation
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual or Parish in a year
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Parish

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