Living standards of workers in Alcoy: Wages, nutrition and health reform (1836-1913)

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  • José Joaquín García Gómez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2014.07.011

Keywords:

Industrialization, Real wages, Health reform, Welfare, N3, J1, N9, H4

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of the standard of living in Alcoy using monetary and non-chrematistic indicators, as well as to determinet the impact that the health reform had on the living conditions of the population. A real wages, calories consumption and expenditure per capita in the sanitary reform series was constructed. The information provided by real wages and nutrition were compared with mortality and height, showing a lack of correlation that demonstrates the existence of urban penalty in the city. Finally, the contrast between public expenditure per capita with mortality and height highly correlationed, showing that the health reform was not a sufficient, but a necessary, condition to exceed the urban penaltyand raise the standard of living of the population.

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García Gómez, J. J. (2019). Living standards of workers in Alcoy: Wages, nutrition and health reform (1836-1913). Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 11(3), 164–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2014.07.011

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