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Nuvolari, Alessandro, Federico, Giovanni, and Vasta, Michelangelo. Italian Real Wages, 1861-1913. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E107647V1

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The data concern real wages of Italian unskilled workers for the period 1861-1913. The data are at provincial level and real wages are estimated as welfare ratios on a barebone basket of 1940 calories following the approach of R.C. Allen, 'The Great Divergence in European Wages and Prices from the Middle Ages to the First World War', Explorations in Economic History, vol. 38, pp. 411-447. 

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms real wages; living standards; welfare ratios
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Italy
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1861 – 1913
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2015 – 2017
Universe:  View help for Universe real wages of unskilled workers at provincial level


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