Regional Inequality in Spain 1860-2015 /

• Main Authors: Diez-Minguela, Alfonso (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Martinez-Galarraga, Julio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Economic development.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economic growth.; Europe-Economic conditions.; Evolutionary economics.; Economic History.; Regional Development.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Growth.; European Economics.; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics.

This book traces regional income inequality in Spain during the transition from a pre-industrial society to a modern economy, using the Spanish case to shed further light on the challenges that emerging economies are facing today. Regional inequality is currently one of the most pressing problems in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Why is it Important to Study Regional Economic Inequality?
• Chapter 2: A Potted History: Spain 1860-2015
• Chapter 3: Methodology, Sources and New Evidence
• Chapter 4: Regional Income Inequality in Spain 1860-2015
• Chapter 5: Scratching Beneath the Surface: Distribution Dynamics
• Chapter 6: Spatial Patterns of Regional Income Inequality Then and Now
• Chapter 7: What Explains the Long-term Evolution of Regional Income Inequality in Spain?
• Chapter 8: Spain and its Neighbours: An International Comparison
• Chapter 9: Conclusions.