Measuring inequality trends in colonial australia using factor-price ratios: The importance of boundaries

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-21

  Shanahan, Martin P ^a   Wilson, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Factor price; Globalisation; Inequality; Nineteenth century

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247858970     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2006.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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