Sticky income inequality in the Spanish transition (1973-1990)
(2014) In UB Economics Working Papers- Abstract
- This paper investigates the evolution of income inequality in Spain during its transition to democracy, suggesting a method for the correction of under-reporting of earnings and profits in the Household Budget Surveys’ data. The contribution is twofold: the methodological proposal, based on income-expenditure discrepancy and scaling-up to National Accounts, improves on previous work, and can be convenient for similar historical sources in other countries. Secondly, its application results in an alternative history of the distribution of income in this case, changing the levels and also the observed trend. Previous literature asserted a substantial equalization, related to the democratization process, while after the adjustment inequality... (More)
- This paper investigates the evolution of income inequality in Spain during its transition to democracy, suggesting a method for the correction of under-reporting of earnings and profits in the Household Budget Surveys’ data. The contribution is twofold: the methodological proposal, based on income-expenditure discrepancy and scaling-up to National Accounts, improves on previous work, and can be convenient for similar historical sources in other countries. Secondly, its application results in an alternative history of the distribution of income in this case, changing the levels and also the observed trend. Previous literature asserted a substantial equalization, related to the democratization process, while after the adjustment inequality in disposable income is shown to have been quite persistent. (Less)
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- author
- Torregrosa Hetland, Sara LU
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Income inequality, Income under-reporting, Household surveys, Democratization, D31, N34
- in
- UB Economics Working Papers
- issue
- E14/3019
- pages
- 38 pages
- publisher
- University of Barcelona
- ISSN
- 1136-8365
- DOI
- 10.2139/ssrn.2540075
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 254dbaf1-953f-406e-8789-1d9f71f82683
- alternative location
- http://ssrn.com/abstract=2540075 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2540075
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- 2016-06-13 19:25:12
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