Notes on Agrarian Structure and Family Formation

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to formulate hypotheses which relate characteristics of family formation to the agrarian structure under transition. It is restricted in scope to differentials in rates of  partitioning among the agrarian classes. The analytical framework is on which takes into account the division of labour within both the household and the agrarian society. The hypothesis are concerned with the economic rationale of partitioning or resistance to it and hence  with the advantages and disadvantages springing from market forces, specific  to different classes, which can arrest or promote partitioning.