Monopsony and Industrial Development in Nineteenth Century Quebec: The Impact of Seigneurial Tenure

Morin, Alex Arsenault; Geloso, Vincent; Kufenko, Vadim

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3270356

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“…As such, the most reliable portrait would be a wide cross‐section of wages. Using the census of 1831 of Lower Canada, Geloso, Kufenko, and Morin () were able to provide such a portrait. Enumerators were asked to report the wage rate for daily workers in each subdistrict of the colony.…”

Section: Quantitative Assessments Of Living Standards In Canada and Qmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Enumerators were asked to report the wage rate for daily workers in each subdistrict of the colony. Geloso, Kufenko, and Morin () contend that wage rates could be taken as reliable proxies for the marginal product of labor. In 1831, only Lower Canada asked that question.…”

Section: Quantitative Assessments Of Living Standards In Canada and Qmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The areas that provide wages for Lower Canada tend to be concentrated around Montreal, which was moderately richer than the rest of the colony (Lewis and McInnis, ; Greer and Robichaud, ; Altman, ). The data also include a disproportional share of the English‐speaking areas of the colony, which also tended to be richer (Altman, ) and exhibit higher wage rates (Anonymous, ; Martin, ; Geloso, Kufenko, and Morin, ). Of the 48 subdistricts that reported nominal‐wage rates, only three are east of Trois‐Rivières.…”

Section: The Censuses Of 1842 and Comparison Of Lower And Upper Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There we depict the distribution of grain wages in 1842 for 33 subdistricts that provided the same information in the 1831 census. As we discussed above, the 1831 census has been used for its wages and prices (Geloso, Kufenko, and Morin, ), but not for intercolonial comparisons due to the fact that only Lower Canada produced this information. Two facts must be noted.…”

Section: The Censuses Of 1842 and Comparison Of Lower And Upper Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Poor Were Quebec and Canada During the 1840s?

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2020

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This article uses the censuses of 1842 of Canada East (modern‐day Quebec) and Canada West (modern‐day Ontario) to help explain the historical differences in living standards between Canada and the United States. The wage and price data contained in the censuses suggest a gap of 42 percent between Canada East and Canada West. We argue that Canada East was substantially poorer than the rest of Canada and, as it represented such a large proportion of the total population of the initial four Canadian provinces (over 35 percent), that relative poverty weighed heavily in determining the extent of differences in living standards between Canada and the United States. These findings change the perspective on the roots of the differences between the two countries. We propose that any research agenda trying to explain those differences should focus heavily on Quebec.

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Section: Quantitative Assessments Of Living Standards In Canada and Qmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Quantitative Assessments Of Living Standards In Canada and Qmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Censuses Of 1842 and Comparison Of Lower And Upper Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Censuses Of 1842 and Comparison Of Lower And Upper Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

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