Economic inequality in Madrid, 1500-1840

Fernández, Eva; Santiago Caballero, Carlos

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Economic inequality in Madrid, 1500-1840

dc.affiliation.instituto	UC3M. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales	es
dc.contributor.author	Fernández, Eva
dc.contributor.author	Santiago Caballero, Carlos
dc.contributor.editor	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales	es
dc.date.accessioned	2018-06-21T15:23:26Z
dc.date.available	2018-06-21T15:23:26Z
dc.date.issued	2018-06
dc.description.abstract	The study of economic inequality in preindustrial economies has received recent attention by economic historians, who have tried to unlock the mysteries of the left side of the Kuznets curve. This paper will try to shed some light on the debate providing new estimations of economic inequality in the province of Madrid using a sample of rural locations around the capital. Estimates of inequality are based on fiscal records that are demonstrated in this paper to be adequate source for measuring differentials in wealth and income across individuals. We will offer not just an overview of the changes in economic inequality in the long run, but will also provide enough periodicity in our calculations to observe short and middle term changes to capture better the connection between changes in inequality and the economic cycle. The initial results seem to indicate that economic inequality in the province of Madrid rose between 1500 and 1840, although the pattern was not a linear one and was closely connected with the economic cycle, with inequality rising together with economic growth and viceversa.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	European Community's Seventh Framework Program. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC Grant agreement n° 283802, EINITE-Economic Inequality across Italy and Europe, 1300-1800	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.issn	2341-2542	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27072
dc.identifier.uxxi	DT/0000001620	es
dc.language.iso	eng	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working papers in Economic History	es
dc.relation.ispartofseries	18-06	es
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/283802	es
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	es
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.jel	N33	es
dc.subject.jel	D31	es
dc.subject.jel	N93	es
dc.subject.other	Economic Inequality	en
dc.subject.other	Wealth	en
dc.subject.other	Spain	en
dc.subject.other	Madrid	es
dc.title	Economic inequality in Madrid, 1500-1840	en
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