Lee Soltow Income and wealth inequality in the Netherlands, 16th-20th century

The 'new inequality' of the 1980's and 1990's has recently given rise to a lively debate about the relationship between economic growth and income distribution. This debate is the background of the study by Lee Soltow an Jan Luiten van Zanden, who, staying close to the sources, have mapped in some detail the long-term development of income and wealth inequality in the Netherlands between c. 1500 and the present. Their starting point is the hypothesis of Simon Kuznets that income inequality increased...

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Engels | 212 pagina's | Het Spinhuis, Amsterdam | 1998

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