Level of income and income distribution in mid-18th century France, according to Francois Quesnay

Milanovic, Branko (2010): Level of income and income distribution in mid-18th century France, according to Francois Quesnay.

Abstract

The paper uses the data from Francois Quesnay's writings to derive a social table for pre-revolutionary France, estimate country's mean income and income distribution. These Quesnay-based estimates are compared with more recent estimates of 18th century French incomes and inequality.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: pre-revolutionary France; inequality; social tables; Quesnay
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions; N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy > N33 - Europe: Pre-1913; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925 > B11 - Preclassical (Ancient, Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocratic)

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