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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Veröffentlicht in:	The Economic journal (London) 2011-03, Vol.121 (551), p.255-272
Hauptverfasser:	Milanovic, Branko, Lindert, Peter H, Williamson, Jeffrey G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Censuses Comparative analysis Economic development Economic history Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative N300 Economic theory Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement D630 Estimated taxes Guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors Income distribution Income estimates Income inequality Industrial history Industrial revolution Inequality Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Population estimates Purchasing power parity Social classes Social inequality Studies
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