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Living Standards in the Past. New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe

Allen, Robert C. ; Bengtsson, Tommy LU and Dribe, Martin LU (2005)
Abstract
The main concern of this book is to determine when the gap in living standards between the East and the West emerged. Why did Europe experience industrialization and modern economic growth before China, India, or Japan? This is one of the most fundamental questions in Economic history and one that has provoked intense debate. The established view, dating back to Adam Smith, is that the gap emerged long before the industrial revolution.
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editor
Allen, Robert C. ; LU and LU
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Adam Smith, demographic indicators, seventeenth century economics, eighteenth century economics, Eastern economics, Western economics, economic stress, demographic vulnerability, living standards
publisher
Oxford University Press
external identifiers
  • scopus:84920095674
ISBN
9780199280681
DOI
10.1093/0199280681.001.0001
language
English
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yes
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31a9b5ac-4148-4627-b68d-66766466f75c (old id 1386386)
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2016-04-04 11:44:45
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