Wealth inequality in northwestern Anatolia under the Ottomans, 1460–1870
利用安纳托利亚数据，研究奥斯曼帝国长期财富不平等及其可能决定因素，发现不平等与人口和经济变化相关，但长期相关性不确定，税收和权力关系变化有长期不平等加剧效应。
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.