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- Title
Stuart London's standard of living: re-examining the Settlement of Tithes of 1638 for rents, income, and poverty.
- Authors
BAER, WILLIAM C.
- Abstract
The Settlement of Tithes of 1638 can be tested for biases in its London rents. Even so, it proves to be a relatively good source for seventeenth-century London, and for calculating associated median and mean rents, as well as a Gini coefficient of inequality for the distribution of resources. Through other evidence in the Settlement, rent/income ratios for London can be approximated, and from them estimates made of London's median income. Median rents and income also allow estimates of the percentage of Londoners in poverty. Though the last is inevitably disputable, the estimate holds up well to testing by other evidence.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; UNITED Kingdom; RENT; LAND use; COST of living; POVERTY; INCOME; DISTRIBUTION (Economic theory); HOUSING &; economics; HISTORY of London, England -- 17th century; STUART Period, Great Britain, 1603-1714; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Economic History Review, 2010, Vol 63, Issue 3, p612
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00494.x