Nominal wages and consumer prices in 18 German cities, 1500-1850
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8636 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12818
Abstract: “This study uses price information relating to 12 towns and wage information from 18 towns to develop a real wage index for unskilled urban labourers in Germany during the three-and-a-half centuries preceding the onset of rapid industrialization. Combining the new series with information from other parts of Europe establishes two stages of real wage divergence during the seventeenth to nineteenth century. The first occurred in the middle of the seventeenth century when real wages in centres of trade and finance located on the rim of the North Sea rose far above the level prevailing in their hi ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1500 - 1850
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Deutsches Reich:
Ansbach, Augsburg, Bremen, Chemniz, Gdansk, Göttingen, Hamburg, Köln, Leipzig, München, Neustadt, Nürnberg, Quedlinburg, Rostock, Speyer, Würzburg, Xanten.
Number of Units: 350 Zeitpunkte
Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 1480 Zeitreihen für 18 deutsche Städte
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Pfister, Ulrich - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Historisches Seminar
Publication year: 2017
DOI: 10.4232/1.12818
Study number: ZA8636
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2017-06-28, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12818
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Pfister, Ulrich (2017): The timing and pattern of real wage divergence in pre-industrial Europe: evidence from Germany, 1500-1850. In: Economic History Review. doi:10.1111/ehr.12419
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