Question

"There is one dramatic fact that makes the period after the 1780s different from any earlier period in
English history. In earlier times rapid population growth was most often followed by a period of food
shortages. But this did not happen in 19th century." Mention any four factors responsible for this.
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Abstract

Wrigley and Schofield recently argued that from 1541 to 1841 real wages, acting on nuptiality, determined English fertility, with a lag of roughly 40 years. Correcting Wrigley and Schofield's real wage series and dividing nuptiality shifts into changes in the incidence and the timing of marriage reveal several new phenomena. First, wage shifts acted with a lag of only 15-20 years and affected only the incidence of marriage. Secondly, before 1750 changes in the incidence of marriage created a homoeostatic equilibrium, as periods of population growth and proletarianization showed substantial withdrawal from the marriage market, reducing fertility and population growth. Thirdly, after 1750 this homoeostatic equilibrium broke down.