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Sarah Carmichael
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Sarah Carmichael, Postdoc Researcher Utrecht University |
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Ph.D. Student
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Sarah Carmichael obtained her Ph.D. student at Utrecht University in February 2016 on her thesis, entitled 'Marriage, Family and Gender Inequality: An historical exploration of the relationship between family systems, the position of women and development'. She holds a BA from University College Utrecht in Social Sciences with tracks in law and sociology after which she completed an MA in Comparative History and an LLM in Law and Economics, both at the University of Utrecht. Her research interest lies in the interaction between agency and economic development. As a part of this research she is working on marriage patterns and family types from 1800 until the present day. She is interested in economics and interdisciplinary approaches to institutional phenomena.
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> Relation between Household Economies and institutions for collective action > Relation between Marriage Patterns and the emergence of institutions for collective action
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> Agency, Gender, and Economic Development in the World Economy 1850 - 2000
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> On marriage patterns and institutions for collective action
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Publications in relation to project (click on icon for link to publication; subscription may be required) |
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Carmichael, S., De Moor, T., and van Zanden, J.L., 2011. "When the heart is baked, don't try to knead it"; Huwelijksleeftijd en leeftijdsverschil tussen partners als maatstaf van 'agency' van vrouwen. In: Levensloop in transformatie; liber amicorum bij het afscheid van prof. dr. Paul M.M. Klep, eds. Theo Engelen, Onno Boonstra, and Angélique Janssens, 208-21. Amsterdam: Valkhof Pers. [In Dutch] |
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Carmichael, S., De Moor, T., and Van Zanden, J.L., 2011. Introduction. The History of the Family, 16 (4, Special issue on Marriage Patterns, Household Formation, and Economic Development ), 309-11. |
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Carmichael, S., 2011. Marriage and Power: Age at first marriage and spousal age gap in lesser developed countries. The History of the Family, 16 (4, Special issue on Marriage Patterns, Household Formation, and Economic Development ), 416-36. |
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Personal webpage (including CV and full list of publications) |
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