Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in Spain, 1850-2000: Evidence and Speculation.
Was the Civil War (1936-39) originated by staggering inequality and extreme poverty? How did Franco’s dictatorship (1939-75) affect inequality and poverty? As a first step to provide an answer, growth and inequality over the long-run are assessed and their impact on absolute poverty calibrated. The paper concludes that during the last one and a half centuries economic growth, but also the decline in inequality during the Interwar years and since the late 1950s, led to a substantial reduction in absolute poverty. Raising inequality and poverty do not seem to have triggered the Civil War.
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2006-09
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Authors: | Escosura, Leandro Prados de la |
Institutions: | Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
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