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Estimating long-term socioeconomic inequality in southern Europe: The Barcelona area, 1481–1880

Brea-Martínez, Gabriel LU and Pujadas-Mora, Joana-Maria (2019) In European Review of Economic History
Abstract
This article estimates the patterns of socioeconomic inequality in the Barcelona area during the period 1481–1880 using the Marriage License Books from the Diocese of Barcelona, a unique fiscal source that ranged society from nobility, the highest level of payment, to the poor, exempted from taxation. These taxes together with the social status information of each individual allow setting fiscal progressivity and an approach to human capital. The results show how the levels of inequality were higher in preindustrial periods. However, industrialization with a deskilling occupational process and the emergence of a new working class reinforced the socioeconomic disparity due to the effects of proletarianization.
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long-term data, socioeconomic inequality, Southern Europe
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European Review of Economic History
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Oxford University Press
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1361-4916
DOI
10.1093/ereh/hey017
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English
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  abstract     = {{This article estimates the patterns of socioeconomic inequality in the Barcelona area during the period 1481–1880 using the Marriage License Books from the Diocese of Barcelona, a unique fiscal source that ranged society from nobility, the highest level of payment, to the poor, exempted from taxation. These taxes together with the social status information of each individual allow setting fiscal progressivity and an approach to human capital. The results show how the levels of inequality were higher in preindustrial periods. However, industrialization with a deskilling occupational process and the emergence of a new working class reinforced the socioeconomic disparity due to the effects of proletarianization.}},
  author       = {{Brea-Martínez, Gabriel and Pujadas-Mora, Joana-Maria}},
  issn         = {{1361-4916}},
  keywords     = {{long-term data; socioeconomic inequality; Southern Europe}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{European Review of Economic History}},
  title        = {{Estimating long-term socioeconomic inequality in southern Europe: The Barcelona area, 1481–1880}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ereh/hey017}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/ereh/hey017}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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