Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810

Isabelle Devos; Thijs Lambrecht; Anne Winter

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Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810

Isabelle Devos, Thijs Lambrecht, Anne Winter

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Flanders represents a particularly interesting region for research that aims to investigate the development of socio-economic inequalities at the local and regional level. The relationship between and effects of structural socio-economic characteristics on the one hand and micro-level variations on the other hand remain unclear. The data collected by the STREAM project (streamproject.ugent.be) together with its tailored geographical information system (GIS) allow us to explore these relationships for the rural parishes of early modern Flanders. In this chapter we examine spatial patterns in poor relief and demographic behaviour and how these were interrelated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect
Editors	Giampiero Nigro
Place of Publication	Firenze
Publisher	Firenze University Press
Pages	327-350
ISBN (Electronic)	978-88-5518-053-5, 978-88-5518-054-2
ISBN (Print)	978-88-5518-052-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.22
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	Datini Studies in Economic History
Publisher	Firenze University Press

Keywords

Social inequality
Economic History
Low Countries
Flanders
Pre-industrial Europe
social welfare
historical demography

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SRP58: SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Inequality, Migration and Social Relations in Urban Brabant and Flanders, c. 1350-1914
Winter, A., Ryckbosch, W. & Deneweth, H.
1/03/19 → 29/02/24
Project: Fundamental
FWOAL754: Paying for deservingness? Poor relief administration, entitlement and local economies in the Southern Low Countries, 1750-1830
Winter, A., Lambrecht, T. & Van den Broeck, N.
1/01/15 → 31/12/18
Project: Fundamental
HERC29: STREAM - A spatiotemporal research infrastructure for Early Modern Flanders and Brabant
Winter, A., Devos, I. & Plettinck, G.
1/06/14 → 31/05/19
Project: Fundamental

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Devos, I., Lambrecht, T., & Winter, A. (2020). Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810. In G. Nigro (Ed.), Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect (pp. 327-350). (Datini Studies in Economic History). Firenze: Firenze University Press. https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.22

Devos, Isabelle ; Lambrecht, Thijs ; Winter, Anne. / Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810. Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect. editor / Giampiero Nigro. Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2020. pp. 327-350 (Datini Studies in Economic History).

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Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810. / Devos, Isabelle; Lambrecht, Thijs; Winter, Anne.

Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect. ed. / Giampiero Nigro. Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2020. p. 327-350 (Datini Studies in Economic History).

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Devos I, Lambrecht T, Winter A. Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810. In Nigro G, editor, Disuguaglianza economica nelle società preindustriali: cause ed effetti / Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effect. Firenze: Firenze University Press. 2020. p. 327-350. (Datini Studies in Economic History). https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.22

Welfare and demography in the time of Malthus. Regional and local variations in poor relief and population developments in Flanders, c. 1750-1810

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SRP58: SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Inequality, Migration and Social Relations in Urban Brabant and Flanders, c. 1350-1914

FWOAL754: Paying for deservingness? Poor relief administration, entitlement and local economies in the Southern Low Countries, 1750-1830

HERC29: STREAM - A spatiotemporal research infrastructure for Early Modern Flanders and Brabant

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