Rich Europe, poor Asia: How wealth inequality, demography, and crop risks explain the poverty of pre‐industrial East Asia, 1300–1800
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12241
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Alfani, Guido, 2015.
"Economic Inequality in Northwestern Italy: A Long-Term View (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries),"
The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 75(4), pages 1058-1096, December.
- Guido Alfani, 2014. "Economic inequality in northwestern Italy: A long-term view (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries)," Working Papers 061, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.
- Greif, Avner & Tabellini, Guido, 2017.
"The clan and the corporation: Sustaining cooperation in China and Europe,"
Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(1), pages 1-35.
- Avner Greif & Guido Tabellini, 2015. "The Clan and the Corporation: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe," CESifo Working Paper Series 5233, CESifo.
- Carol H. Shiue & Wolfgang Keller, 2007.
"Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(4), pages 1189-1216, September.
- Carol H. Shiue & Wolfgang Keller, 2004. "Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution," NBER Working Papers 10778, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Keller, Wolfgang & Shiue, Carol, 2004. "Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution," CEPR Discussion Papers 4420, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hans-Joachim Voth, 2013.
"The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War, and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe,"
The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 80(2), pages 774-811.
- Nico Voigtländer & Joachim Voth, 2008. "The three horsemen of riches: Plague, war and urbanization in early modern Europe," Economics Working Papers 1115, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Jun 2012.
- Clark, Gregory & Hamilton, Gillian, 2006.
"Survival of the Richest: The Malthusian Mechanism in Pre-Industrial England,"
The Journal of Economic History,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(03), pages 707-736, September.
- Gregory Clark & Gillian Hamilton, 2006. "Survival of the Richest: The Malthusian Mechanism in Pre-Industrial England," Working Papers 615, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
- Kumon, Yuzuru, 2021. "The Deep Roots of Inequality," IAST Working Papers 21-125, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
- Allen,Robert C., 2009.
"The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective,"
Cambridge Books,
Cambridge University Press, number 9780521868273, September.
- Allen,Robert C., 2009. "The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521687850, January.
- Allen, Robert C., 2001. "The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 411-447, October.
- Vries,Jan de, 2008. "The Industrious Revolution," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521895026, January.
- Dietrich Vollrath, 2011. "The agricultural basis of comparative development," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 343-370, December.
- Clark, Gregory & Hamilton, Gillian, 2006.
"Survival of the Richest: The Malthusian Mechanism in Pre-Industrial England,"
The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(3), pages 707-736, September.
- Gregory Clark & Gillian Hamilton, 2006. "Survival of the Richest: The Malthusian Mechanism in Pre-Industrial England," Working Papers 229, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
- Vries,Jan de, 2008. "The Industrious Revolution," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521719254, January.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Kumon, Yuzuru, 2022. "How Landownership Equality Created a Low Wage Society: Pre-industrial Japan, 1600-1870," IAST Working Papers 22-138, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
- Ho, Chi Pui, 2016. "Industrious Selection: Explaining Five Revolutions and Two Divergences in Eurasian Economic History within a Unified Growth Framework," MPRA Paper 73862, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Boško Mijatović & Branko Milanović, 2021.
"The real urban wage in an agricultural economy without landless farmers: Serbia, 1862–1910,"
Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 74(2), pages 424-448, May.
- Milanovic, Branko & Mijatovic, Bosko, 2019. "Real urban wage in an agricultural economy without landless farmers: Serbia, 1862-1910," MPRA Paper 92585, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- , Stone Center & Mijatović, Boško & Milanovic, Branko, 2020. "Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862-1910," SocArXiv cafw2, Center for Open Science.
- Palma, Nuno, 2018.
"Money and modernization in early modern England,"
Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(3), pages 231-261, December.
- Nuno Palma, 2019. "Money and modernization in early modern England," Working Papers 0147, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
- Nuno Palma, 2019. "Money and Modernization in Early Modern England," Economics Discussion Paper Series 1903, Economics, The University of Manchester.
- Jane Humphries & Jacob Weisdorf, 2019.
"Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260–1850,"
The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 129(623), pages 2867-2887.
- Weisdorf, Jacob & Humphries, Jane, 2017. "Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1850," CEPR Discussion Papers 11999, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Humphries, Jane & Weisdorf, Jacob, 2019. "Unreal wages? Real income and economic growth in England, 1260-1850," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 90328, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Jane Humphries & Jacob Weisdorf, 2017. "Unreal Wages? Real Income And Economic Growth In England, 1260-1850," Working Papers 0121, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
- Meissner, Christopher M., 2014. "Growth from Globalization? A View from the Very Long Run," Handbook of Economic Growth, in: Philippe Aghion & Steven Durlauf (ed.), Handbook of Economic Growth, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 8, pages 1033-1069, Elsevier.
- Desierto, Desiree & Koyama, Mark, 2024.
"The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe,"
The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 84(2), pages 479-516, June.
- Koyama, Mark & Desierto, Desiree, 2020. "The Political Economy of Status Competition: Sumptuary Laws in Preindustrial Europe," CEPR Discussion Papers 14407, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Loren Brandt & Debin Ma & Thomas G. Rawski, 2014.
"From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History behind China's Economic Boom,"
Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 52(1), pages 45-123, March.
- Brandt, Loren & Ma, Debin & Rawski, Thomas G., 2012. "From divergence to convergence: re-evaluating the history behind China’s economic boom," Economic History Working Papers 41660, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Brandt, Loren & Ma, Debin & Rawski, Thomas, 2013. "From Divergence to Convergence: Re-evaluating the History Behind China’s Economic Boom," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 117, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Loren Brandt & Debin Ma & Thomas G. Rawski, 2012. "From Divergence to Convergence: Re-evaluating the History Behind China's Economic Boom," Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series gd11-217, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
- Brandt, Loren & Ma, Debin & Rawski, Thomas G., 2013. "From divergence to convergence: re-evaluating the history behind China’s economic boom," Economic History Working Papers 50816, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Mark Koyama, 2009. "The Price of Time and Labour Supply: From the Black Death to the Industrious Revolution," Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers _078, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Morgan Kelly & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2012. "Agricultural output, calories and living standards in England before and during the Industrial Revolution," Working Papers 201212, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
- Weisdorf, Jacob & Rota, Mauro, 2020. "Italy and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Stable Employment in Rural Areas," CEPR Discussion Papers 14652, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Rota, Mauro & Weisdorf, Jacob, 2019. "Expensive Labour and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Stable Employment in Rural Areas," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 442, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Jord Hanus, 2013. "Real inequality in the early modern Low Countries: the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, 1500–1660," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 66(3), pages 733-756, August.
- Judy Z. Stephenson, 2020. "Working days in a London construction team in the eighteenth century: evidence from St Paul's Cathedral," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(2), pages 409-430, May.
- Judy Stephenson, 2018.
"Looking for work? Or looking for workers? Days and hours of work in London construction in the eighteenth century,"
Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers
_162, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Stephenson, Judy Z., 2018. "Looking for work? Or looking for workers? Days and hours of work in London construction in the eighteenth century," MPRA Paper 84828, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Mark Koyama, 2009.
"The Price of Time and Labour Supply: From the Black Death to the Industrious Revolution,"
Oxford University Economic and Social History Series
_078, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
- Mark Koyama, 2009. "The Price of Time and Labour Supply: From the Black Death to the Industrious Revolution," Economics Series Working Papers Number 78, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Robert C. Allen, 2020.
"Spinning their wheels: a reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider,"
Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(4), pages 1128-1136, November.
- Robert C. Allen, 2018. "Spinning their Wheels: A Reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider," Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers _166, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia & Santiago de Miguel Salanova, 2019. "Class, education and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905," Working Papers 0146, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
- Julio Martínez-Galarraga & Marc Prat, 2014. "Wages and prices in early Catalan industrialisation," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2014/305, University of Barcelona School of Economics.
- Broadberry, Stephen, 2013.
"Accounting for the great divergence,"
Economic History Working Papers
54573, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Broadberry, Stephen, 2013. "Accounting For The Great Divergence," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 160, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
Corrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:62:y:2022:i:2:p:161-168. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/oznzsea.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.