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| Title: | | Overcrowding in British cities in 1904  |
| Authors: | | Gazeley, Ian Newell, Andrew |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 3199 |
| Abstract: | | This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban working class in 1904, using a re-discovered survey. We investigate overcrowding and we find major regional differences. Scottish households were more overcrowded despite being less poor. Investigating the causes of this overcrowding, we find little support for supply-side theories, and none for the idea that Scottish households experienced particularly great variations in income, causing them to commit to overly modest accommodation. However, the Scottish tenancy and local tax laws are probably important in explaining the overcrowding. We provide evidence that Scottish workers generally spent their rent reduction entirely on food, rather than saving. |
| Subjects: | | Poverty rent overcrowding Scotland 1904 Bowley |
| JEL: | | N33 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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