Mats Olsson

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First Name:	Mats
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Last Name:	Olsson
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RePEc Short-ID:	pol154
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Affiliation

Ekonomisk-historiska Institutionen
Ekonomihögskolan
Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden
http://www.ekh.lu.se/
RePEc:edi:dhlunse (more details at EDIRC)

Citations

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Working papers

1. Gary, Kathryn E. & Olsson, Mats, 2019. "Men at work: Real wages from annual and casual labour in southern Sweden 1500–1850," Lund Papers in Economic History 194, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

   Cited by:

   1. Mario García-Zúñiga, 2020. "Builders’ Working Time in Eighteenth Century Madrid," Working Papers 0195, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
   2. Gary, Kathryn, 2019. "The distinct seasonality of early modern casual labor and the short durations of individual working years: Sweden 1500-1800," Lund Papers in Economic History 189, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

2. Bengtsson, Erik & Olsson, Mats, 2018. "Peasant Aristocrats? Wealth and Social Status of Swedish Farmer Parliamentarians 1769–1895," Lund Papers in Economic History 175, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

   Cited by:

   1. Per F. Andersson, 2021. "Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states: the origins and expansion of income tax," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-176, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
   2. Bengtsson, Erik, 2019. "Reconsidering the Role of Farmer Politics in Swedish Democratization," Lund Papers in Economic History 205, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

3. Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2017. "Estimating agricultural production in Scania, 1702–1881 : User guide for the Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture and overall results," Lund Papers in Economic History 151, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

   Cited by:

   1. Nils Herger, 2017. "An empirical assessment of the Swedish Bullionist Controversy," Working Papers 17.01, Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee.
   2. Nils Herger, 2020. "An Empirical Assessment of the Swedish Bullionist Controversy," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 122(3), pages 911-936, July.

Articles

1. Kathryn E. Gary & Mats Olsson, 2020. "Men at work. Wages and industriousness in southern Sweden 1500–1850," Scandinavian Economic History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 68(2), pages 112-128, May.

   Cited by:

   1. Benjamin Schneider, 2022. "Good Jobs and Bad Jobs in History," Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers _202, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
   2. Falk, Marcus & Bengtsson, Erik & Olsson, Mats, 2023. "Wealth, work, and industriousness, 1670–1860: Evidence from rural Swedish probates," Lund Papers in Economic History 251, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   3. Mario García‐Zúñiga & Ernesto LóPEZ LOSA, 2021. "Skills and human capital in eighteenth‐century Spain: wages and working lives in the construction of the Royal Palace of Madrid (1737–1805)†," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 74(3), pages 691-720, August.
   4. Sara Horrell, 2023. "Household consumption patterns and the consumer price index, England, 1260–1869," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(4), pages 1023-1050, November.

2. Erik Bengtsson & Anna Missiaia & Ilkka Nummela & Mats Olsson, 2019. "Unequal poverty and equal industrialisation: Finnish wealth, 1750–1900," Scandinavian Economic History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(3), pages 229-248, September.

   Cited by:

   1. Julio Martinez-Galarraga & Marc Prat, 2022. "Pre-industrial inequality in Catalonia," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2022/430, University of Barcelona School of Economics.
   2. Guido Alfani & Hector García Montero, 2022. "Wealth inequality in pre‐industrial England: A long‐term view (late thirteenth to sixteenth centuries)," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(4), pages 1314-1348, November.
   3. Erik, Bengtsson & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2019. "Mercantilist Inequality: Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650-1750," Lund Papers in Economic History 210, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   4. Alfani, Guido & Di Tullio, M & Fochesato, M, 2020. "The determinants of wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice (1400-1800)," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 483, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).

3. Erik Bengtsson & Anna Missiaia & Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2018. "Wealth inequality in Sweden, 1750–1900," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 71(3), pages 772-794, August.

   Cited by:

   1. Alfani, Guido & Gierok, Victoria & Schaff, Felix, 2022. "Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 82(1), pages 87-125, March.
      • , Stone Center & Alfani, Guido & Gierok, Victoria & Schaff, Felix, 2020. "Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300 – 1850," SocArXiv 8qb7x, Center for Open Science.
      • Alfani, Guido & Gierok, Victoria & Schaff, Felix, 2022. "Economic inequality in preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 113758, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
   2. Julio Martinez-Galarraga & Marc Prat, 2022. "Pre-industrial inequality in Catalonia," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2022/430, University of Barcelona School of Economics.
   3. Kumon, Yuzuru, 2021. "The Deep Roots of Inequality," IAST Working Papers 21-125, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
   4. Daniel Waldenström, 2021. "Wealth and History: An Update," CESifo Working Paper Series 9366, CESifo.
   5. Enflo, Kerstin & Missiaia, Anna, 2017. "Between Malthus and the industrial take-off: regional inequality in Sweden, 1571-1850," Lund Papers in Economic History 168, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
      • Kerstin Enflo & Anna Missiaia, 2020. "Between Malthus and the industrial take‐off: regional inequality in Sweden, 1571–1850," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(2), pages 431-454, May.
   6. Ericsson, Johan & Molinder, Jakob, 2018. "A Workers’ Revolution in Sweden? Exploring Economic Growth and Distributional Change with Detailed Data on Construction Workers’ Wages, 1831–1900," Lund Papers in Economic History 181, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   7. Kumon, Yuzuru, 2021. "Wealth Inequality in Pre-industrial Rural England," IAST Working Papers 21-124, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
   8. Alfani, Guido & Di Tullio, M & Fochesato, M, 2020. "The determinants of wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice (1400-1800)," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 483, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
   9. Bengtsson, Erik & Missiaia, Anna & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2017. "The Wealth of the Richest: Inequality and the Nobility in Sweden, 1750–1900," Lund Papers in Economic History 161, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   10. Vito Ricci & Giacomo Zanibelli, 2021. "For a Multidimensional Measure of Land Inequality in 1930s Italy. A Historical-Statistical Analysis," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 2107, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.
   11. Bengtsson, Erik & Olsson, Mats, 2018. "Peasant Aristocrats? Wealth and Social Status of Swedish Farmer Parliamentarians 1769–1895," Lund Papers in Economic History 175, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   12. Kathryn E. Gary & Cristina Victoria Radu, 2019. "The impact of border changes and protectionism on real wages in early modern Scania," Working Papers 0166, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
   13. Bengtsson, Erik, 2019. "Reconsidering the Role of Farmer Politics in Swedish Democratization," Lund Papers in Economic History 205, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   14. Waldenström, Daniel, 2021. "Wealth and History: An Update," Working Paper Series 1411, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
   15. Bengtsson, Erik & Prado, Svante, 2019. "The rise of the middle class: The income gap between salaried employees and workers in Sweden, 1830-1935," Lund Papers in Economic History 186, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

4. Martin Dribe & Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2017. "The agricultural revolution and the conditions of the rural poor, southern Sweden, 1750–1860," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(2), pages 483-508, May.

   Cited by:

   1. Willner, Sam, 2021. "Rural Living Standards and Inequality: A Case Study from Southern Sweden 1780-1919," Lund Papers in Economic History 219, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   2. Bengtsson, Erik & Svensson, Patrick, 2020. "The living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories," Lund Papers in Economic History 213, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   3. Dribe, Martin & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2015. "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536–1875," Lund Papers in Economic History 138, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

5. Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2016. "The landlord lag -- productivity on peasant farms and landlord demesnes during the agricultural revolution in Sweden 1700--1860," Scandinavian Economic History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(1), pages 55-71, March.

   Cited by:

   1. Bengtsson, Erik & Missiaia, Anna & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2017. "The Wealth of the Richest: Inequality and the Nobility in Sweden, 1750–1900," Lund Papers in Economic History 161, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   2. Erik Bengtsson & Patrick Svensson, 2017. "The stratification of the Swedish peasant farmer class, 1750-1900," Working Papers 17019, Economic History Society.
   3. Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2017. "Estimating agricultural production in Scania, 1702–1881 : User guide for the Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture and overall results," Lund Papers in Economic History 151, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

6. Martin Dribe & Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2012. "Was the manorial system an efficient insurance institution? Economic stress and demographic response in Sweden, 1749-1859," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 16(3), pages 292-310, August.

   Cited by:

   1. Kersti Lust & Martin Klesment & Hannaliis Jaadla, 2023. "Social inequalities in famine mortality in the manorial system of the tsarist Russian province of Livland in the mid‐1840s," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(4), pages 1333-1356, November.
   2. Miikka Voutilainen, 2022. "Income inequality and famine mortality: Evidence from the Finnish famine of the 1860s," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(2), pages 503-529, May.
   3. Dribe, Martin & Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2015. "Famines in the Nordic countries, AD 536–1875," Lund Papers in Economic History 138, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

7. Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2010. "Agricultural growth and institutions: Sweden, 1700–1860," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(2), pages 275-304, August.

   Cited by:

   1. Vicente Pinilla, 2018. "Agriocliometrics and Agricultural Change in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 1803, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.
   2. Nina Boberg-Fazlic & Markus Lampe & Pablo Martinelli Lasheras & Paul Sharp, 2020. "Winners and Losers from Enclosure: Evidence from Danish Land Inequality 1682-1895," Working Papers 0178, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
      • Boberg-Fazlic, Nina & Lampe, Markus & Martinelli Lasheras, Pablo & Sharp, Paul, 2020. "Winners and Losers from Enclosure: Evidence from Danish Land Inequality 1682-1895," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 470, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
      • Sharp, Paul & Boberg-Fazlic, Nina & Lampe, Markus & Martinelli Lasheras, Pablo, 2020. "Winners and Losers from Enclosure: Evidence from Danish Land Inequality 1682-1895," CEPR Discussion Papers 14616, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
   3. Maria Waldinger, 2015. "The economic effects of long-term climate change: evidence from the little ice age," GRI Working Papers 214, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
   4. Bengtsson, Erik & Svensson, Patrick, 2018. "The wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class 1750–1900: Composition and distribution," Lund Papers in Economic History 177, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   5. Mats Olsson & Fredrik Bergenfeldt & Patrick Svensson, 2011. "Wagons at work: a transport revolution in the age of agrarian transition in Sweden?," Working Papers 11018, Economic History Society.
   6. Enflo, Kerstin & Missiaia, Anna, 2017. "Between Malthus and the industrial take-off: regional inequality in Sweden, 1571-1850," Lund Papers in Economic History 168, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
      • Kerstin Enflo & Anna Missiaia, 2020. "Between Malthus and the industrial take‐off: regional inequality in Sweden, 1571–1850," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(2), pages 431-454, May.
   7. Dribe, Martin & Eriksson, Björn & Scalone, Francesco, 2019. "Migration, marriage and social mobility: Women in Sweden 1880–1900," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 93-111.
   8. Boberg-Fazlić, Nina & Lampe, Markus & Martinelli Lasheras, Pablo & Sharp, Paul, 2022. "Winners and losers from agrarian reform: Evidence from Danish land inequality 1682–1895," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
   9. Ogilvie, Sheilagh & Carus, A.W., 2014. "Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective," Handbook of Economic Growth, in: Philippe Aghion & Steven Durlauf (ed.), Handbook of Economic Growth, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 8, pages 403-513, Elsevier.
   10. Falk, Marcus & Bengtsson, Erik & Olsson, Mats, 2023. "Wealth, work, and industriousness, 1670–1860: Evidence from rural Swedish probates," Lund Papers in Economic History 251, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   11. Patrick Svensson & Mats Olsson, 2013. "The landlord lag: productivity on peasant farms and landlord demesnes, Sweden 1700-1860," Working Papers 13016, Economic History Society.
   12. Leandro Prados de la Escosura & Carlos Álvarez-Nogal & Carlos Santiago-Caballero, 2020. "Growth Recurring in Preindustrial Spain: Half a Millennium Perspective," Working Papers 0177, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
       • Álvarez Nogal, Carlos & Prados de la Escosura, Leandro & Santiago Caballero, Carlos, 2020. "Growth recurring in preindustrial Spain: half a millennium perspective," IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH 29872, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola.
       • Prados de la Escosura, Leandro & Ã lvarez-Nogal, Carlos & Santiago-Caballero, Carlos, 2020. "Growth Recurring in Preindustrial Spain: Half A Millennium Perspective," CEPR Discussion Papers 14479, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
   13. Schön, Lennart & Krantz, Olle, 2012. "Swedish Historical National Accounts 1560-2010," Lund Papers in Economic History 123, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   14. Olsson, Mats & Svensson, Patrick, 2017. "Estimating agricultural production in Scania, 1702–1881 : User guide for the Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture and overall results," Lund Papers in Economic History 151, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
   15. Martin Dribe & Omar Karlsson, 2022. "Inequality in early life: Social class differences in childhood mortality in southern Sweden, 1815–1967," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(2), pages 475-502, May.
   16. Bengtsson, Erik & Svensson, Patrick, 2020. "The living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories," Lund Papers in Economic History 213, Lund University, Department of Economic History.

8. Mats Olsson, 2006. "Manorial economy and corvée labour in southern Sweden 1650–1850," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 59(3), pages 481-497, August.

   Cited by:

   1. Lindgren, Erik & Pettersson-Lidbom, Per & Tyrefors, Björn, 2020. "The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting System," Working Paper Series 1315, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, revised 29 May 2021.
      • Lindgren Erik & Per Pettersson-Lidbom & Bjorn Tyrefors, 2021. "The causal effect of political power on the provision of public education: Evidence from a weighted voting system," Papers 2106.00350, arXiv.org.
   2. Martin Dribe & Mats Olsson & Patrick Svensson, 2009. "Land transmission among tenants on noble land – the case of southern Sweden, 1766-1895," Working Papers 9022, Economic History Society.
   3. Patrick Svensson & Mats Olsson, 2013. "The landlord lag: productivity on peasant farms and landlord demesnes, Sweden 1700-1860," Working Papers 13016, Economic History Society.
   4. Geloso, Vincent & Kufenko, Vadim & Arsenault-Morin, Alex P., 2023. "The lesser shades of labor coercion: The impact of seigneurial tenure in nineteenth-century Quebec," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
   5. Kathryn E. Gary & Cristina Victoria Radu, 2019. "The impact of border changes and protectionism on real wages in early modern Scania," Working Papers 0166, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).

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1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (6) 2015-11-21 2017-09-10 2018-06-25 2019-03-11 2020-05-18 2021-03-29. Author is listed
2. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (2) 2018-06-25 2021-03-29
3. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2017-01-29
4. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2021-03-29
5. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2018-06-25
6. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2019-03-11

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