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...
Main Authors: | Milanovic, Branko, Lindert, Peter H., Williamson, Jeffrey G. |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4776 |
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