Measuring ancient inequality / Branko Milanovic, Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson

"Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies usin...

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Main Authors:Milanović, Branko, 1953-
Corporate Authors:National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors:Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-
Lindert, Peter H., 1940-
Format: Online-Resource
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Series:NBER working paper series
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