Inequality among industrial workers in the late 19th century United States |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73109, USA;2. Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapid, MI, 49504, USA;3. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V5, Canada;1. Department of Economics, Queen''s University, 94 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada;2. Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University, Box 45059, Lubbock, TX, 79409-5059, United States;3. Institute of Economics, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Schloss Hohenheim 1 B, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This paper uses the large cross sectional survey of 8544 workers in nine industries (pig iron, bar iron, steel, coal, coke, cottons, woolens, and glass) in the United States and five European countries (Belgium, Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Switzerland) to examine inequality in the industrial working class in the late nineteenth century. The paper looks at incomes, the food budget share (estimated using the Almost Ideal Demand System), and home ownership. The results show regular gradients with the unskilled workers doing less well than semi-skilled and skilled workers. Despite the lack of proprietors, farmers, and other groups with significant income from property, such surveys can be useful in the study of the historical aspects of inequality. |
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| Keywords: | Inequality Family budgets Industrial workers Nineteenth century United States |
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