作者:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
作者:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
作者:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of California System; University of California Davis
作者:University of California System; University of California Davis
摘要:Housing was a major item of English consumer expenditure. Yet little is known of its average quality or rental cost. I estimate average rents, constant-quality rents, and housing quality from 1550 to 1909. Constant-quality rents rose substantially relative to other costs of living during the Industrial Revolution. This probably explains why, despite rising real wages, housing quality appears to have declined from 1760 to 1860. There were, however, substantial quality gains in the eighteenth ce...
作者:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
作者:University of California System; University of California Berkeley