INSTITUTO "DR. E.RAVIGNANI"   24160
INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA ARGENTINA Y AMERICANA "DR. EMILIO RAVIGNANI"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
CONSUMPTION AND LIVING STANDARDS IN BUENOS AIRES. CONSUMER BASKETS AND INCOME BETWEEN THE LATE COLONIAL AGE AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19 TH CENTURY
Autor/es:
SANTILLI, DANIEL
Revista:
Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
Editorial:
Instituto Figuerola, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Referencias:
Lugar: Madrid; Año: 2020 p. 1 - 32
ISSN:
0212-6109
Resumen:
Based on primary sources, baskets of consumption for Buenos Aires arereconstructed for the 1780-1820 period, applying current internationalmethodologies. They build on previous work based on 1835 data. It canbe seen that the consumption pattern did not vary substantially in the periodand, considering the salary of both urban and rural workers, we are ableto establish that standards of living were high and experienced a significantincrease after 1835, especially during the 1840s. This placed Buenos Airesamong the cities of the Western world with highest welfare ratio levels