The wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class 1750–1900: Composition and distribution
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Keywords
inequality; wealth; Sweden; peasant farmers; rural society; living standards; probate inventories;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N53 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2018-09-10 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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