Ludwig Pelzl
Biographic Data
| ID | 6640132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ludwig Pelzl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ludwig |
| FAMILY NAME | Pelzl |
| SIGNATURE | PELZL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Saving the best for last? Old age retirement among the Urban middle classes in Leiden and Regensburg (c. 1650- c. 1800)
In pre-industrial Europe, many thousands of ‘middle-class’ individuals retired by purchasing a corrody: a contract allowing them life-long food and lodging, usually by spending their remaining years in a hospital. Given that people usually struggle to prepare for the later stages of life, this article asks whether corrodies were priced in line with the market. We study institutions that specialized in commercial retirement in two distinct areas: …
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Saving the best for last? Old age retirement among the Urban middle classes in Leiden and Regensburg (c. 1650- c. 1800)
In pre-industrial Europe, many thousands of ‘middle-class’ individuals retired by purchasing a corrody: a contract allowing them life-long food and lodging, usually by spending their remaining years in a hospital. Given that people usually struggle to prepare for the later stages of life, this article asks whether corrodies were priced in line with the market. We study institutions that specialized in commercial retirement in two distinct areas: …
Business (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Economy (1 work) · Enlightenment (1 work) · Historical Economic and Legal Thought (1 work) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 work) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (1 work) · Labour economics (1 work) · Market economy (1 work)