The real urban wage in an agricultural economy without landless farmers
Serbia, 1862-1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3254983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Boško Mijatović (0009-0005-9121-2862, Center for Liberal and Democratic Studies (CLDS) Belgrade), Branko Milanovic (0000-0002-7906-5696, Graduate Center, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 424-448 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ehr.12998 |
| OpenAlex | W2921060456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article presents the first estimates of the welfare ratio for Serbia using nineteenth- and early twentieth-century data on the wages of skilled and unskilled workers (including the part paid in kind) and the prices of goods in 'subsistence' and 'respectability' consumption baskets. It finds stagnation in the unskilled wage, and a modest increase in the skilled wage. The article introduces several adjustments to conventional methodology in order to make it more relevant for predominantly agricultural societies
Agriculture · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Economy · Geography · Labour economics · Market economy · Order (exchange) · Real wages · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Subsistence economy · Wage · Wage labour · Welfare · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Theory and Institutions · Historical Economic and Social Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |