TY  - GEN
AU  - Nicolini,Esteban
AU  - Ramos-Palencia,Fernando
TI  - Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750
SN  - 978-88-5518-053-5.18
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Florence
PB  - Firenze University Press
KW  - economic inequality
KW  - economic history
KW  - spanish economic history
KW  - Iberian peninsula
KW  - pre-industrial age
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56034/1/14218.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82881
ER  -