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Family Type and Fertility

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Steve Sailer posts the following map: It is explained thusly by New York Times blogger Frank Jacobs: * The “absolute nuclear” family type is both liberal and unequal. Children are totally emancipated, forming independent families of their own. The inheritance … Continue reading →

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Primogeniture and Fertility

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Primogeniture: The practice of passing all property to one’s firstborn son. A man with four sons has an estate. He dies. To whom goes the land? Today, it would be split between the four sons evenly, by law. In the … Continue reading →

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Why did French fertility collapse in the 1800s?

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Population Growth in the Century After Napoleon: France. –1816 : 29.9 million –1860 : 36.5 million [+22.1%] –1910 : 39.5 million [+8.2%] Germany (within 1871 borders). –1816 : 22.4 million –1860 : 37.6 million [+67.9%] –1910 : 64.9 million [+72.6%] … Continue reading →

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