Introduction

Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Allen, Robert C ^a   Bengtsson, Tommy ^b   Dribe, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asia; Classical economists; Demography; Economic history; Europe; Standard of living

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650766877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199280681.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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