Greater land size but also inequality? English parliamentary enclosure and the gender pay gap in agriculture 1750-1850
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JEL classification:
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-12-02 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2024-12-02 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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