Frontmatter -- THE COST AND THE ROLE OF HEALTH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY -- Preliminaries -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION. DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS: A SUMMARY REPORT -- PAPERS -- THE ORIGIN OF THE LABOUR FORCE IN ENGLAND -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF POPULATION IN AN AREA OF EARLY INDUSTRIALISATION : SAXONY FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- ÉVOLUTION DÉMOGRAPHIQUE ET ÉVOLUTION ÉCONOMIQUE EN FLANDRE AU DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE -- MARITAL AGE PATTERNS IN PEASANT SOCIETIES: IRELAND AND NORWAY, 1800-1900 -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND POPULATION CHANGES IN THE NETHERLANDS UP TO 1800 -- POPULATION GROWTH IN A MINING DISTRICT IN SWEDEN, 1650-1750, AND ITS ECONOMIC BACKGROUND -- CHANGES IN THE WEALTH AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DANISH ARISTOCRACY, 1470-1720 -- MIGRATION IN FINLAND IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE POPULATION OF HUNGARY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (1720-1876) -- THE POPULATION OF DENMARK 1650-1960 -- POPULATION AND LABOUR GROWTH IN BRITAIN IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- L'INFLUENCE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DES CENTRES INDUSTRIELS SUR LES STRUCTURES ÉCONOMIQUES, DÉMOGRAPHIQUES ET SOCIALES EN BOHÊME DU SEIZIÈME AU DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE -- SOME PROBLEMS OF FAMILY RECONSTITUTION USING ENGLISH PARISH REGISTER MATERIAL:THE EXAMPLE OF COLYTON -- REPORT OF DISCUSSIONS -- POPULATION CHANGE IN RELATION TO THE ECONOMY -- THE ORIGIN OF THE LABOUR FORCE -- POPULATION AS CONSUMERS AND THE STANDARD OF LIVING -- GENERAL DISCUSSION OF WORK IN PROGRESS AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS -- CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIÈRES -- Backmatter