Pre-Industrial Inequality

被引：161
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作者：
Milanovic, Branko [1 ]
Lindert, Peter H. [1 ]
Williamson, Jeffrey G. [1 ]
机构：
[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA
来源：
ECONOMIC JOURNAL | 2011年 / 121卷 / 551期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
INCOME INEQUALITY; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; ROMAN-EMPIRE; HISTORY; CURVE;
D O I：
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02403.x
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes as unequal as they are today? This article infers inequality across individuals within each of the 28 pre-industrial societies, for which data were available, using what are known as social tables. It applies two new concepts: the inequality possibility frontier and the inequality extraction ratio. They compare the observed income inequality to the maximum feasible inequality that, at a given level of income, might have been 'extracted' by those in power. The results give new insights into the connection between inequality and economic development in the very long run.
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页码：255 / 272
页数：18
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