Wealth inequality in northwestern Anatolia under the Ottomans, 1460-1870

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Canbakal, Hülya and Filiztekin, Alpay (2024) Wealth inequality in northwestern Anatolia under the Ottomans, 1460-1870. European Review of Economic History . ISSN 1361-4916 (Print) 1474-0044 (Online) Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ereh/heae010

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Abstract

While studies indicate that economic inequality increased in the early modern period, it is debated whether this applied to all regions, and what the causes of change were. This paper studies long-term wealth inequality in the Ottoman Empire, and its possible determinants, using data from Anatolia. Inequality tended to track demographic and economic change, but evidence for a long-term correlation is inconclusive, whereas there is evidence for the long-term disequalizing impact of taxation and changing power relations. The divergence between cities and countryside suggests structural shifts caused by external factors, and comparison with the slow economies of Europe reveals diversity within this group.
Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Data partly derived from TÜBİTAK Project No. 108K034.
Uncontrolled Keywords: inequality, wealth, Ottoman Empire
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > History
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Hülya Canbakal
Date Deposited: 29 Aug 2024 15:39
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2024 15:39
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/49745

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