Social Class and the Spirit of Capitalism
Matthias Doepke and
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, vol. 3, issue 2-3, 516-524
Abstract:
One of the key social transformations that accompanied the British Industrial Revolution was the economic decline of the aristocracy. Standard theories of wealth inequality cannot explain why the aristocrats, in spite of their superior wealth and education, failed to be the main protagonists and beneficiaries of industrialization. We discuss recent research based on a model of endogenous preferences that is consistent with the demise of aristocracy. (JEL: 010, 040) Copyright (c) 2005 The European Economic Association.
Date: 2005
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