Sketching the Rise of Real Inequality in Early Modern Europe

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hoffman, Philip T ^a   Jacks, David S ^b   Levin, Patricia A ^c   Lindert, Peter H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early modern era; Europe; Inequality; Life expectancy; Real income

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920106917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199280681.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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