The Upswing of Regional Income Inequality in Spain (1860-1930) Articles uri icon

authors

  • ROSES VENDOIRO, JUAN RAMON
  • MARTINEZ GALARRAGA, JULIO
  • TIRADO, DANIEL A.

publication date

  • April 2010

start page

  • 244

end page

  • 257

issue

  • 2

volume

  • 47

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0014-4983

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1090-2457

abstract

  • 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.