The upswing of regional income inequality in Spain (1860-1930)

By J. Rosés, Julio Martinez‐Galarraga, Daniel A. Tirado. 2009

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This paper studies the evolution of Spanish regional inequality from 1860 to 1930. The results point to the coexistence of two basic forces behind changes in regional economic inequality: industrial specialization and labor productivity differentials. The initial expansion of industrialization, in a context of growing economic integration of regions, promoted the spatial concentration of manufacturing in certain regions, which also benefited from the greatest advances in terms of labor productivity. Since 1900, the diffusion of manufacturing production to a greater number of locations has generated the emulation of production structures and a process of catching-up in labor productivity and wages.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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The rise and fall of spatial inequalities in France: a long-run perspective (2008, background): “It should be stressed that locational advantages, such as climate, soil, endowments of possibly high-value natural resources and raw materials or coastal access, might condition regional disparities (Kim, 1997; Ellison and Glaeser, 1999; Rosès et al., 2010).”