Institutions, wages, and inequality: The case of Europe and its periphery (1500-1899)

This paper explores the long-run relationship between institutions and wage outcomes in Europe and its periphery. I find that cities that exercised stronger institutional protection of private property experienced: (i) higher levels of both skilled and unskilled real wages, as well as (ii) lower lev...

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Main Author: CHOR, Davin
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/64
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/1063/viewcontent/institutionswages_inequality.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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