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REAL INEQUALITY IN EUROPE SINCE 1500

Hoffman, Philip T., Jacks, David S., Levin, Patricia A., Lindert, Peter H.·2002·The Journal of Economic History
DOI 10.1017/s0022050702000529
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Introducing a concept of real, as opposed to nominal, inequality of income or wealth suggests some historical reinterpretations, buttressed by a closer look at consumption by the rich. The purchasing powers of different income classes depend on how relative prices move. Relative prices affected real inequality more strongly in earlier centuries than in the twentieth. Between 1500 and about 1800, staple food and fuels became dearer, while luxury goods, especially servants, became cheaper, greatly widening the inequality of lifestyles. Peace, industrialization, and globalization reversed this inegalitarian price effect in the nineteenth century, at least for England.

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Authors
Hoffman, P. T., Jacks, D. S., Levin, P. A., & Lindert, P. H.
Venue
The Journal of Economic History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2002-06
Volume
62
Issue
2
Pages
322-355
ISSN
  • 0022-0507 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-6372
DOI
10.1017/s0022050702000529
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W2019334847
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268
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31
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journal article
Language
en
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Hoffman, P. T., Jacks, D. S., Levin, P. A., & Lindert, P. H. (2002). REAL INEQUALITY IN EUROPE SINCE 1500. The Journal of Economic History. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050702000529

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