Six centuries of real wages in France from Louis IX to Napoleon III: 1250-1860

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Evidence of an early modern Little divergence in real wages between northwestern Europe and the rest of the continent is mostly based on the comparative study of a sample of leading European cities. Focusing on France and England this study reassesses the debate from a country-level perspective. The findings challenge the notion of an early modern divergence pointing to the coexistence of both divergence and convergence phases until the eighteenth century. Results also suggest that the real wages of a significant share of the French male labor force were broadly on par with the levels prevailing in England before c.1750.

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Ridolfi, L. (2019, September 1). Six centuries of real wages in France from Louis IX to Napoleon III: 1250-1860. Journal of Economic History. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050719000354

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