Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750

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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Prif Awdur: Nicolini, Esteban (auth)
Awduron Eraill: Ramos-Palencia, Fernando (auth)
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Cyhoeddwyd: Florence Firenze University Press 2020
Cyfres:Datini Studies in Economic History
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Crynodeb: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.
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:1 electronic resource (19 p.)
ISBN:978-88-5518-053-5.18
9788855180535
Mynediad:Open Access