France, 1788
Social group
|
Number of people
(in 000)
|
Percentage of population
|
Per capita income
( livres / annum)
|
Income in terms of per capita mean
|
Agricultural day laborers and servants
|
10150
|
36.29
|
39.4
|
0.27
|
Small scale farmers
|
5250
|
18.77
|
64.6
|
0.45
|
Workers (non agricultural)
|
1500
|
5.36
|
66.7
|
0.47
|
Mixed workers
|
1800
|
6.44
|
75.0
|
0.52
|
Servants (non agricultural)
|
1080
|
3.86
|
92.6
|
0.65
|
Shopkeepers and artisans
|
3240
|
11.58
|
150.0
|
1.05
|
Large scale farmers
|
2250
|
8.04
|
219.6
|
1.53
|
Bourgeoisie
|
2160
|
7.72
|
724.1
|
5.05
|
Nobles and clergy
|
540
|
1.93
|
724.1
|
5.05
|
Total
|
27970
|
100
|
143.3
|
1
|
Income distribution data: From Christian Morrisson and Wayne Snyder (2000). The “high income” variant for income of nobles and clergy and bourgeoisie assumed.
Population and area: Population (27.97 million) obtained directly from Morrisson and Snyder data. The current area of France assumed.
Urbanization rate: From Bairoch (1985, p. 279). The average of the estimated 11-13 percent, for the year 1800, and based on cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants.
Mean income in PPP: GDP from Maddison (2007), for year 1820 (the first year for which the data for France are available) is $1134.
REFERENCES
Bairoch, Paul (1985), De Jėricho à Mexico: villes et economies dans l’histoire, Paris: Arcades, Gallimard.
Maddison, Angus (2001), The World Economy: A Millennial Perspectives, Paris: OECD Development Centre.
Morrisson, Christian and Wayne Snyder (2000), “The income inequality of France in historical perspective”, European Review of Economic History, 4: 59-83.
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