Pre-industrial Inequality

Pre-industrial Inequality

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes as unequal as they are today? This article infers inequality across individuals within each of the 28 pre-industrial societies, for which data were available, using what are known as social tables. It appl...

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Main Authors: Milanovic, Branko, Lindert, Peter H., Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement D630
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative N300
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4776

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