Australian squatters, convicts, and capitalists: dividing up a fast-growing frontier pie, 1821–71

Compared with its competitors, Australian GDP per worker grew exceptionally quickly from the 1820s to the 1870s, at a rate about twice that of the US and three times that of Britain. Did this rapid growth produce rising inequality, following a Kuznets curve? Using a novel dataset, this article offer...

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Main Authors: Panza, L. (Author), Williamson, J.G (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019
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