REAL WAGES AND STANDARDS OF LIVING IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1489–1914

Utilizing a large volume of archival documents, this study establishes for the first time the long-term trends in real wages of skilled and unskilled construction workers in Istanbul and other Ottoman cities in southeastern Europe and the Middle East, from the second half of the fifteenth century un...

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Published inThe Journal of Economic History Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 293 - 321
Main Authors Özmucur, Süleyman, Pamuk, Sevket
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.06.2002
Subjects
15th century
Account books
Cities
Commodities
Construction workers
Consumer Price Index
Economic history
Istanbul
Nominal wages
Ottoman Empire
Price indexes
Real wages
Silver
Skilled workers
Social economics
Standard of living
Turkey
Unskilled workers
Wages
World War I
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Summary:Utilizing a large volume of archival documents, this study establishes for the first time the long-term trends in real wages of skilled and unskilled construction workers in Istanbul and other Ottoman cities in southeastern Europe and the Middle East, from the second half of the fifteenth century until World War I. A detailed consumer price index and nominal wage indices are constructed for the city of Istanbul for this purpose. These price and wage series are then inserted into a larger framework of price and wage trends in European cities during the same period.
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ISSN:0022-0507
1471-6372
DOI:10.1017/S0022050702000517