Bourdieu, Jérôme; Menéndez, Marta; Postel-Vinay, Gilles - In: Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - … 87 (2008) 2, pp. 5-25
This paper examines the evolution of wealth distribution in France during the urbanization process of the nineteenth century, based on a comprehensive dataset of individual inheritances. It presents a spatial decomposition between rural and urban areas, distinguishing Paris from other cities. We...