Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246286 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 398
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Abstract: 
This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index (CPI) and twelve regional wage series. We posit that the sluggish demographic growth during the 18th century, and the resulting labour shortage, led to a convergence of wages across unskilled occupations and a relative catch-up with urban skilled construction labourers in the years preceding the French Revolution. We also provide tentative evidence suggesting that labourers in stable employment could have earned as much as their English counterparts during this period.
Subjects: 
Prices
wages
casual employment
stable employment
Normandy
JEL: 
J3
J4
I31
N33
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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