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Male Wages, Household Budgets and Living Standards of Barcelona’s Working Class (1856-1917)

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  • Cristina Borderías

    (University of Barcelona)

  • Xavier Cussó Segura

    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

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El debate en torno a los efectos de la industrialización sobre los niveles de vida de las clases obreras es aún un debate abierto que ha sido renovado muy recientemente desde la metodología de presupuestos familiares. Desde esta perspectiva, la pregunta que inspira este artículo es, precisamente, conocer la capacidad de los salarios de los obreros varones adultos de la ciudad de Barcelona para sufragar el gasto familiar y su evolución en el período 1856-1917. A partir de la Monografía estadística de la clase obrera Barcelonesa en 1856, de Ildefons Cerdà (1867), así como de los presupuestos familiares (1860-1917-1919) y las series de salarios y precios al consumo de la Oficina Estadística Municipal publicados en el Anuario estadístico de la ciudad de Barcelona (1902-1929) y de otras fuentes locales, este artículo ofrece nuevas evidencias que muestran cómo, a pesar de las mejoras en los niveles de vida, al final del período considerado la salarización de la fuerza de trabajo masculina no había llegado aún al nivel del salario familiar. KEY Classification-JEL: J31; E21; D10; I31

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  • Cristina Borderías & Xavier Cussó Segura, 2023. "Male Wages, Household Budgets and Living Standards of Barcelona’s Working Class (1856-1917)," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 19(02), pages 3-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:19:y:2023:i:02:p:3-21
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2023.05.007
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    Keywords

    Industrialización; Presupuestos familiares; Niveles de vida; Barcelona;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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