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DESCRIPTION:'Malthusian Migrations'\n\nGuillaume Blanc (University of Manch
 ester)\n	Tuesday\, October 1\, 2024\n	12:00 to 1:00 PM\n	Leacock 429\n\nAbstr
 act: We argue that societies with higher fertility experience increased le
 vels of emigration. During the Age of Mass Migration\, persistently high f
 ertility created a large reservoir of surplus labor that could find better
  opportunities in the New World. We denote such migrations\, from labor-ab
 undant to land-abundant regions\, as Malthusian migrations. Our results ho
 ld in a variety of datasets and specifications\, across countries\, region
 s\, individuals\, and periods. Using linguistic distance from French and t
 win births as instruments for fertility in crowdsourced genealogical data\
 , we estimate a large effect of fertility on out-migration. Within househo
 lds\, later born children were more likely to migrate as fertility increas
 ed\, particularly in regions with egalitarian inheritance. We develop a Ma
 lthusian model allowing for emigration as a way to escape population press
 ures\, alleviating the negative effects of high fertility and contributing
  to the emergence of modern economic growth.\n\n \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 429\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Guillaume Blanc (University of Manchester)\, 'Malthusian Migrations
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 ty-manchester-malthusian-migrations-353883
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