Real Wages in Europe and Asia: A First Look at the Long-Term Patterns

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Allen, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akbar; China; England; India; Japan; Real wage; Silver wage; Standard of living; Subsistence wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920097953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199280681.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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