The European Marriage Pattern and Its Measurement
重新审视欧洲婚姻模式的不同解释，探讨其与经济增长的关系，指出结婚年龄并非衡量该模式的好指标，而应关注婚姻如何响应经济变化。
We review different interpretations of the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and explore how they relate to the discussion of the link between the EMP and economic growth. Recently Dennison and Ogilvie have argued that the EMP did not contribute to growth in Early Modern Europe. We argue that the link between the EMP and economic growth is incorrectly conceptualized. Age of marriage is not a good scale for the degree to which countries were characterized by EMP. Rather, the economic effects of the EMP should be seen in the broader context of how marriage responds to changing economic circumstance.