How Prosperous were the Romans? Evidence from Diocletian`s Price Edict (301 AD)
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Keywords
Standard of Living; Real Wage; Roman Empire; Long Run Economic Growth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2007-11-03 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2007-11-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2007-11-03 (South East Asia)
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