Distinct within North America: living standards in French Canada, 1688–1775
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Keywords
Canadian economic history; Quebec economic history; Colonial origins of divergence; Living standards; Welfare ratios; Real wages;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N91 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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