This study builds the first internationally comparable index of real wages for Mexico City
bridging the 18th and the early 20th century. Real wages started out in relatively high …

Historical wage and income data provide both normative measures of living standards, and
indicators of patterns of economic development. This study shows that, given limited …

Este artículo hace una contribución a la discusión empírica y metodológica sobre el nivel de
vida en América Latina durante el período colonial. Presenta evidencia obtenida de fuentes …

Thus far, there is not one single consumption basket of Buenos Aires for the whole 19th
century. The available series cover from the 18th century until 1810 and between the latter …

Historic constructions of family budgets have been scarce in Spain. In fact, the first national
Family Budget Survey was carried out in 1958. In this article, we present new evidence of …

En este trabajo se analiza la metodología de la construcción de canastas de consumo de
las familias de Buenos Aires en la primera etapa independiente, a partir de modelos …

Based on primary sources, baskets of consumption for Buenos Aires are reconstructed for
the 1780-1820 period, applying current international methodologies. They build on previous …

Generally, Canada has been ignored in the literature on the colonial origins of divergence
with most of the attention going to the United States. Late nineteenth century estimates of …

La tesis doctoral que presento refleja en gran medida no solo mi trayectoria de formación
como economista sino mi vinculación a la historia económica ya desde mis estudios de …

This paper examines the cost of living and evolution of welfare ratios among urban workers
in Rio Grande's vila, the main commercial enclave of the southern Portuguese dominions in …