Gabriel Brea-Martinez
Researcher
TRANSFORMACIÓN Y DESIGUALDAD ECONÓMICA EN LA INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN EL ÁREA DE BARCELONA, 1715-1860
Transformation and Economic Inequality in the Industrialisation of the Area of Barcelona, 1715-1860
Author
Summary, in English
Labour market transformation and inequality were fundamental aspects in the transition to the industrialisation. This article reconstructs the Barcelona's area economic structure across the 18th and 19th centuries through the Marriage Licences of the Barcelona's Cathedral. These documents registered a proportional tax paid by the spouses' according to their occupational and social status. Since 1780, an important decrease in the primary sector and an increase in the secondary and tertiary sectors are observed. Inequality between economic sectors rose and also within the secondary sector (textile) due to the proletarianization of the workers. Conversely, there was not an increase in inequality in the primary sector while it decreased in the tertiary sector.
Publishing year
2018-09-01
Language
Spanish
Pages
241-273
Publication/Series
Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
Volume
36
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- area of Barcelona
- economic inequality
- Industrialisation
- occupational structure
- proletarianization
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0212-6109