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In this 1991 volume a distinguished team of international contributors consider some of the central long-term issues raised by the problem of income distribution.
List of contents
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction Hartmut Kaelble and Mark Thomas; 2. British inequality during the Industrial Revolution: accounting for the Kuznets curve Jeffrey G. Williamson; 3. Wage differentials in Sweden, 1725-1950 Johan Söderberg; 4. Industrial wage differentials in nineteenth-century Belgium Peter Scholliers; 5. Income inequality and industrialization in Germany, 1850-1913: the Kuznets hypothesis re-examined Rolf Dumke; 6. The evolution of inequality in Australia in the nineteenth century Mark Thomas; 7. Gainful occupations and the inequality of pay: Vienna, 1780-1980 Michael Wagner; 8. The distributional impact of the depression in the United States Ian W. McLean; 9. Toward a comparative history of income and wealth inequality Peter H. Lindert; References; Index.
Summary
In this 1991 volume a distinguished team of international contributors consider some of the central long-term issues raised by the problem of income distribution. This volume was the first for many years to take such a broad, comparative approach to income distribution, and makes an important and authoritative contribution to an area of perennial debate.
