RT Generic
T1 Economic inequality in Madrid, 1500-1840
A1 Fernández, Eva
A1 Santiago Caballero, Carlos
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 
AB 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.
SN 2341-2542
YR 2018
FD 2018-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27072
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27072
LA eng
NO 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
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RD 27 jul. 2024