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Measuring Inequality Trends In Colonial Australia Using Factor–Price Ratios: The Importance Of Boundaries

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  • Martin P. Shanahan
  • John K. Wilson

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Previous research on nineteenth century globalisation argues that during the second half of that century wage–rental ratios in labour scarce, land‐abundant new world economies decreased. This suggests inequality rose in the new world. Australia has been cited as a conspicuous example of this trend. The paper re‐examines this argument using disaggregated land and wage data for four Australian colonies. We reveal large regional differences in both factor–price levels and trends – something that has been overlooked when discussing Australian colonial inequality and we suggest that regional disparities in other nineteenth century economies are also likely to be important.

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  • Martin P. Shanahan & John K. Wilson, 2007. "Measuring Inequality Trends In Colonial Australia Using Factor–Price Ratios: The Importance Of Boundaries," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 47(1), pages 6-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:47:y:2007:i:1:p:6-21
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2006.00194.x
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    1. Timothy J. Hatton, 2010. "The Cliometrics Of International Migration: A Survey," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(5), pages 941-969, December.
    2. Henry Willebald, 2013. "Distributive patterns in settler economies: agrarian income inequality during the first globalization (1870-1913)," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 13-05, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
    3. Ferrie, Joseph & Hatton, Timothy J., 2013. "Two Centuries of International Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 7866, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Jorge Álvarez, 2013. "The evolution of inequality in Australasia and the River Plate, 1870-1914," Documentos de trabajo 31, Programa de Historia Económica, FCS, Udelar.

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