14218.pdf

14218.pdf

This chapter addresses income inequality by offering new evidence based on the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households circa 1750. We find that inequality in 18th-century Spain was substantial, especially in urban and/or highly populated areas. There was also a positive – but so...

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Έκδοση: Firenze University Press 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-560342022-06-02T03:21:19Z Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 Nicolini, Esteban Ramos-Palencia, Fernando economic inequality economic history spanish economic history Iberian peninsula pre-industrial age This chapter addresses income inequality by offering new evidence based on the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households circa 1750. We find that inequality in 18th-century Spain was substantial, especially in urban and/or highly populated areas. There was also a positive – but somewhat weaker – relationship not only between inequality and per capita income but also between inequality and poverty. We posit that extreme economic inequality was likely responsible for numerous episodes of social conflict. Finally, the extent of formalized charity and social spending was less than in other Western European regions. 2022-06-01T12:11:46Z 2022-06-01T12:11:46Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855180535_217 9788855180535 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56034 eng Datini Studies in Economic History application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 14218.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/9788855180535_18 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.18 10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.18 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855180535 1 19 Florence open access
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