Chapter Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750

This chapter addresses income inequality by offering new evidence based on the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households circa 1750. We find that inequality in 18th-century Spain was substantial, especially in urban and/or highly populated areas. There was also a positive - but so...

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Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2020
Series:Datini Studies in Economic History
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