{"id":213194,"date":"2024-05-29T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T01:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/event\/celebrating-legacy-the-intergenerational-transmission-of-reproduction-and-human-capital-in-ming-qing-chinese-families\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T01:51:31","slug":"celebrating-legacy-the-intergenerational-transmission-of-reproduction-and-human-capital-in-ming-qing-chinese-families","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/sc\/event\/celebrating-legacy-the-intergenerational-transmission-of-reproduction-and-human-capital-in-ming-qing-chinese-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating legacy: The intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital in Ming\u2013Qing Chinese families"},"content":{"rendered":"
INFORMATION<\/h5>\n

Celebrating legacy: The intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital in Ming\u2013Qing Chinese families<\/strong><\/p>\n

In unified growth models, a key to achieving sustained economic growth is the evolving nexus between population dynamics and technological change. Sijie Hu of Renmin University of China uses the genealogical records of 36,456 males to investigate this nexus\u2014the intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital\u2014within six Chinese lineages from 1350 to 1920. By examining the relationship between reproduction and long-run reproductive success, the empirical results reveal an optimal level of reproduction of seven sons, although 99 percent of the sample had fewer than seven sons. Her finding suggests that, for the majority in the sample, greater reproduction in each generation was conducive to long-run reproductive success. In exploring the mechanisms through which reproduction affected long-run reproductive success, I investigate the relationship between child quantity and quality.<\/p>\n

During this Quantitative History Webinar, Sijie will explain her results that indicate a quantity-quality trade-off of children was largely absent in the six lineages. She will also explain why her study concludes that, in Ming\u2013Qing (1368\u20131911) China, the decision to have larger families provided significant advantages to high-status men, enabling them to produce a greater number of high-quality male descendants across successive generations.<\/p>\n

Discussant: Carol H. Shiue, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado-Boulder<\/p>\n

Live on Zoom on Thursday, May 30, 2024
\n21:00 Hong Kong\/Beijing\/Singapore | 22:00 Tokyo
\n09:00 New York |14:00 London | Click here to view your local time<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Quantitative History Webinar Series<\/h5>\n

The Quantitative History (QH) Webinar Series aims to provide researchers, teachers, and students with an online intellectual platform to keep up to date with the latest research in the field, promoting the dissemination of research findings and interdisciplinary use of quantitative methods in historical research. The QH Webinar Series, now entering its fourth year, is co-organized by Centre for Quantitative History at the HKU Business School and International Society for Quantitative History in partnership with Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Series is now substantially supported by the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. [AoE\/B-704\/22-R]). \u91cf\u5316\u6b77\u53f2\u7db2\u4e0a\u8b1b\u5ea7\u7cfb\u5217\u7531\u9999\u6e2f\u5927\u5b78\u9673\u5fd7\u6b66\u548c\u99ac\u99b3\u9a01\u6559\u6388\u806f\u5408\u767c\u8d77\uff0c\u65e8\u5728\u4ecb\u7d39\u524d\u6cbf\u91cf\u5316\u6b77\u53f2\u7814\u7a76\u6210\u679c\u3001\u4fc3\u9032\u540c\u4ec1\u4ea4\u6d41\uff0c\u63a8\u5ee3\u91cf\u5316\u65b9\u6cd5\u5728\u6b77\u53f2\u7814\u7a76\u4e2d\u7684\u61c9\u7528\u3002\u672c\u7cfb\u5217\u8b1b\u5ea7\u7531\u9999\u6e2f\u5927\u5b78\u7d93\u7ba1\u5b78\u9662\u91cf\u5316\u6b77\u53f2\u7814\u7a76\u4e2d\u5fc3\u548c\u570b\u969b\u91cf\u5316\u6b77\u53f2\u5b78\u6703\u627f\u8fa6\uff0c\u53ca\u9999\u6e2f\u4eba\u6587\u793e\u6703\u7814\u7a76\u6240\u5168\u529b\u652f\u6301\u3002\u5f9e2023\u5e74\u958b\u59cb\uff0c\u7cfb\u5217\u5f97\u5230\u4e2d\u570b\u9999\u6e2f\u7279\u5225\u884c\u653f\u5340\u7814\u7a76\u8cc7\u52a9\u5c40\u5353\u8d8a\u5b78\u79d1\u9818\u57df\u8a08\u5283\u7684\u91cd\u8981\u8cc7\u52a9 (\u9805\u76ee\u7de8\u865f[AoE\/B-704\/22-R])\u3002<\/p>\n

Conveners:
\nZhiwu Chen<\/a>
\nChicheng Ma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213194","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","seminar-categories-quantitative-history-series-sc","event-natures-seminar-calendar","event-natures-sc-economics-seminar-seminar-calendar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t