Regional incomes in Portugal: industrialization, integration and inequality, 1890-1980 Articles uri icon

authors

  • BADIA MIRÓ, MARC
  • Guilera Rafecas, Jordi
  • LAINS ., PEDRO

publication date

  • April 2012

start page

  • 225

end page

  • 244

issue

  • 2

volume

  • 30

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0212-6109

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 2041-3335

abstract

  • The analysis of the evolution of the location of economic activity in Portugal between 1890 and 1980 depicts a strong concentration of productive activity in the coastal regions. We estimate data for regional GDP per capita, which show that the evolution of regional inequality followed an inverted U-curve, in line with that observed in other regions of Europe, but with a rather late peak, in 1970. The reasons for this behaviour may be found in the limits to industrialisation in the interior regions and the benefits generated by the agglomeration economies in the more developed coastal regions

keywords

  • regional convergence; industrialisation; portugal; market integration