 Long-Term Trends in Income and Wealth Inequality in Southern Italy. The Kingdom of Naples (Apulia), Sixteenth to Eighteenth CenturiesGuido Alfani and Sergio Sardone No b8jgn, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science Abstract: This paper uses new archival sources to study the long-term tendencies in economic inequality in preindustrial southern Italy (Kingdom of Naples). The paper reconstructs long-term trends in wealth inequality for the period 1550-1800 for a sample of communities in the region Apulia and produces estimates of overall inequality levels across the region. These estimates are compared with those which have recently been published for other Italian and European regions or states. The article also reconstructs the total income distribution for the mid-eighteenth century, then comparing wealth and income inequality. Overall, the evidence for the Kingdom of Naples suggests a tendency for economic inequality to grow continuously over the early modern period. As this was mostly a period of economic stagnation or decline for the Kingdom, the article provides further insights to the debate on the long-run relationship between economic growth and inequality change. (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality Working Paper) Date: 2024-12-03 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:b8jgn Access Statistics for this paper More papers in SocArXiv from Center for Open Science |
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