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On the Structure of Wealth-holding in Pre-Famine Ireland

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  • Neil Cummins
  • Cormac Ó Gráda

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Very little is known about wealth-holding and its distribution in Ireland in the past. Here we employ death duty register data to analyse and identify a sample of the top wealth holders in Ireland between the early 1820s and late 1830s. We examine the sources of their wealth and its regional spread, and compare them with their British counterparts. We also discuss the share of Catholics and Quakers among top wealth-holders.

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  • Neil Cummins & Cormac Ó Gráda, 2020. "On the Structure of Wealth-holding in Pre-Famine Ireland," Working Papers 202029, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
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    1. Tom Nicholas, 1999. "Wealth Making in Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(1), pages 16-36.
    2. Horsman, E G, 1975. "The Avoidance of Estate Duty by Gifts Inter Vivos: Some Quantitative Evidence," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 85(339), pages 516-530, September.
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    Keywords

    Inequality; Wealth; Ireland;
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    • N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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