Economic inequality and growth before the industrial revolution: A case study of the Low Countries (14th-19th centuries)
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Income Inequality; Pre-Industrial; Economic Growth; super Kuznets curve.;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2014-12-13 (Economic Growth)
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