El precio de la «modernidad»: la evolución de la desigualdad en la propiedad de la tierra en la campaña de Buenos Aires, 1839-1914

Daniel Santilli

Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2016, issue 69, 73-103

Abstract: This article studies the impact on inequality of land ownership distribution of the laws implemented during liberalization. It is based on the study of fiscal and demographic sources from three jurisdictions in the province of Buenos Aires between 1839 and 1914, a period covering the shifts from the provincial expansion of cattle farming to the Argentinian agricultural and livestock export boom. The methodology used here consists of the application of the Gini coefficient for the entire period, and for partial periods, as well as certain alternative and less mainstream criteria for comparing inequality, such as demographic changes and variations in the ratio of ownership over total population. While demonstrating the increase in inequality, results show uneven outcomes in terms of the actual impact of the implementation of the legal norms.

Keywords: Buenos Aires; Property laws; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N36 N96 O54 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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