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Oxford Economic Papers 2007 59(Supplement 1):i156-i177; doi:10.1093/oep/gpm034
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Labour market integration in a pre-industrial economy: Catalonia, 1772–1816

Natalia Mora-Sitja

History Faculty, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 9EF; e-mail: nm371{at}cam.ac.uk


  Abstract

This paper examines labour's reward and labour market integration in Catalonia before the first Industrial Revolution. Using new quantitative evidence on urban wages, it addresses two main issues. First, what was the performance of agricultural and urban wages during the last five decades of the so-called pre-industrial period, and what consequences did wage evolution have for labourers? Second, did wage responses reflect a situation of labour market integration? The findings here support the idea that labour markets worked before the advent of the Industrial Revolution, and find resonance with wider arguments on the overall development of Catalonia.

Key Words: JEL classifications: J43 • J61 • F15 • N94


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