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2016

Living standards in lower Canada, 1831

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This paper uses the price and wage data contained in the 1831 census of Lower Canada to provide regional estimates of disparities in living standards within Quebec in 1831. Combining these data with price data for the colony as a whole, we compare living standards in Quebec with those of numerous American and Canadian cities at the same point in time. The results show that Quebec was overall poorer in comparison. However, there are wide variations within the colony—mostly along institutional lines. As a whole, Quebec was significantly poorer than the United States at the same time.

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Schriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung; 50

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Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
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@techreport{Geloso2016, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6081}, author = {Geloso, Vincent and Kufenko, Vadim and Villeneuve, Remy et al.}, title = {Living standards in lower Canada, 1831}, year = {2016}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Schriftenreihe des Promotionsschwerpunkts Globalisierung und Beschäftigung}, }