Medievalists.net » Kyoto http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A First Escape from Poverty in Late Medieval Japan: Evidence from Real Wages in Kyoto (1360-1860) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/first-escape-poverty-late-medieval-japan-evidence-real-wages-kyoto-1360-1860/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/first-escape-poverty-late-medieval-japan-evidence-real-wages-kyoto-1360-1860/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52872 This paper offers a first investigation of long-term trends in Japanese living standards from the mid-14th to the mid-19th century using urban daily wages and price data for a number of basic commodities.

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