Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages The Unreliable Data, Sources and Methods that have been used for Measuring Standards of Living in the Past /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hatcher, John (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Stephenson, Judy Z. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Θέματα: Economic history.; Social history.; Labor economics.; Economic theory.; Economic History.; Social History.; Labor Economics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading measures of the economic performance of nations. Yet how accurate is the information on which these judgments are based? Thi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages
• Chapter 3: The Tyranny of Numbers: Are There Acceptable Data for Nominal and Real Wages for Pre-Modern China?
• Chapter 4: What is Wrong with the History of Wages? Or the Divide in Economic History
• Chapter 5: In Search of the Average Craftsman: Understanding Skilled Work and Wages in the Early Modern Building Trades and Wider Economy
• Chapter 6: The Pay of Unskilled Men on London Building Sites, 1650-1770
• Chapter 7: What is a Money Wage? Measuring the Earnings of Agricultural Labourers in Early Modern England
• Chapter 8: Seasonal Patterns of Agricultural Day-Labour in Eight English Farms, 1836-44
• Chapter 9: Unreal Wages: Long-run Living Standards and the 'Golden Age' of the Fifteenth Century
• Chapter 10: Cash, Wages and the Economy of Makeshifts in England, 1650-1800.