Plagues, Wages, and Economic Change in the Islamic Middle East, 700-1500
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5752830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sevket Pamuk (0000-0002-7796-2836, Bogaziçi University), Pınar Ceylan (0000-0003-2780-7325), Maya Shatzmiller (0000-0001-5614-7165, Western University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 196-229 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050714000072 |
| OpenAlex | W2066946319 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 68 |
This study establishes long-term trends in the purchasing power of the wages of unskilled workers and develops estimates for GDP per capita for medieval Egypt and Iraq. Wages were heavily influenced by two long-lasting demographic shocks, the Justinian Plague and the Black Death and the slow population recovery that followed. As a result, they remained above the subsistence minimum for most of the medieval era. We also argue that the environment of high wages that emerged after the Justinian Plague contributed to the Golden Age of Islam by creating demand for higher income goods
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Islam · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Middle East · Per capita · Per capita income · Plague (disease) · Population · Purchasing power · Real wages · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Wage · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |