Industrialization and inequality revisited: mortality differentials and vulnerability to economic stress in Stockholm, 1878–1926

TY - JOUR

T1 - Industrialization and inequality revisited

T2 - mortality differentials and vulnerability to economic stress in Stockholm, 1878–1926

AU - Molitoris, Joseph

AU - Dribe, Martin

PY - 2016/5/20

Y1 - 2016/5/20

N2 - This work combines economic and demographic data to examine inequality of living standards in Stockholm at the turn of the twentieth century. Using a longitudinal population register with occupational information, we utilize event-history models to show that despite absolute decreases in mortality, relative differences between socioeconomic groups remained virtually constant. The results also show that child mortality continued to be sensitive to short-term fluctuations in wages and that there were no socioeconomic differences in this response. We argue that the persistent inequality in living standards was possibly due to differences in residential patterns and nutrition.

AB - This work combines economic and demographic data to examine inequality of living standards in Stockholm at the turn of the twentieth century. Using a longitudinal population register with occupational information, we utilize event-history models to show that despite absolute decreases in mortality, relative differences between socioeconomic groups remained virtually constant. The results also show that child mortality continued to be sensitive to short-term fluctuations in wages and that there were no socioeconomic differences in this response. We argue that the persistent inequality in living standards was possibly due to differences in residential patterns and nutrition.

U2 - 10.1093/ereh/hev023

DO - 10.1093/ereh/hev023

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1361-4916

VL - 20

SP - 176

EP - 197

JO - European Review of Economic History

JF - European Review of Economic History

IS - 2

ER -