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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| author | Nicolini, Esteban Ramos-Palencia, Fernando |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-828812022-06-02T04:19:51Z 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. 2022-06-02T04:19:50Z 2022-06-02T04:19:50Z 2022-06-01T12:11:46Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855180535_217 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56034 9788855180535 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82881 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56034/1/14218.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.18 10.36253/978-88-5518-053-5.18 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855180535 19 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | economic inequality economic history spanish economic history Iberian peninsula pre-industrial age Nicolini, Esteban Ramos-Palencia, Fernando Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title | Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title_full | Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title_fullStr | Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title_short | Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750 |
| title_sort | chapter inequality in early modern spain new evidence from the ensenada cadastre in castile c 1750 |
| topic | economic inequality economic history spanish economic history Iberian peninsula pre-industrial age |
| topic_facet | economic inequality economic history spanish economic history Iberian peninsula pre-industrial age |
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