New Evidence on Regional Inequality in Iberia (1900-2000): A Geographical Approach

This article presents new evidence on the evolution of regional inequality in Iberia from 1900 to 2000 from a geographical perspective. To do so we introduce a new historical dataset of regional gross domestic products (GDPs) for Spanish NUTS III and Portuguese Historical Districts, synthetic indice...

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Published in:Historical methods 2014-10, Vol.47 (4), p.180-189
Main Authors: Fabregat, Daniel A. Tirado, Badia-Miró, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
border regions
Economic activity
economic geography
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Iberia
Inequality
Per capita
regional inequality
Specialization
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Summary:This article presents new evidence on the evolution of regional inequality in Iberia from 1900 to 2000 from a geographical perspective. To do so we introduce a new historical dataset of regional gross domestic products (GDPs) for Spanish NUTS III and Portuguese Historical Districts, synthetic indices of regional inequality, and different measures of spatial correlation across regional per capita GDPs. The results show that the Portuguese and Spanish national economic integration processes initially led to the economic specialization across Iberian regions promoting the divergence in terms of their regional per capita GDPs. Notwithstanding, ulterior advances in the integration of national markets and the subsequent first stages in the process of adhesion of these two national economies into the UE coexisted with a progressive reduction in Iberian regional inequality.
ISSN:0161-5440
1940-1906
DOI:10.1080/01615440.2014.955232