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dc.contributor.authorGazeley, Ianen
dc.contributor.authorNewell, Andrewen
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-25-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:38Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34914-
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3199en
dc.subject.jelN33en
dc.subject.ddc360en
dc.subject.keywordPovertyen
dc.subject.keywordrenten
dc.subject.keywordovercrowdingen
dc.subject.keywordScotlanden
dc.subject.keyword1904en
dc.subject.keywordBowleyen
dc.subject.stwStädtische Wohnungsversorgungen
dc.subject.stwArmuten
dc.subject.stwMieteen
dc.subject.stwSozialgeschichteen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwSchottlanden
dc.titleOvercrowding in British cities in 1904-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn559459319en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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