RT Journal Article
T1 Income inequality in central Spain, 1690-1800
A1 Santiago-Caballero, Carlos
AB This paper studies the evolution of income inequality in central Spain during the late seventeenthand eighteenth centuries, taking as case study the province of Guadalajara. The first part of thepaper presents the sources and the dataset that was created to estimate income inequality usinggrain tithes. The second section shows that through the period grain represented the lion share oftotal income and therefore that it can be used as a reliable proxy. The following part of the paperintroduces an analysis of income inequality in the province during the period 1690 1800 andconcludes that inequality decreased during the last third of the eighteenth century. Finally thepaper addresses thisunexpected result and concludes that itwas consequence of the success of theland reform carried out by the central government in the late 1760s. The reform was a success inGuadalajara, thanks to the characteristics of its population and the lack of bargaining power ofpressure groups.
PB Elsevier
SN 0014-4983
YR 2011
FD 2011-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/10229
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/10229
LA eng
NO European Community's Seventh Framework Program
NO Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation project Explicando el desarrollo de las regiones europeas, 1850-2008 ECO2009-13331-C02-01 and from the HI-POD Project, Seventh Research Framework Programme Contract no. 225342
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