The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930

It is often assumed that the fight against inequality played an important role in the rise of the welfare state. However, using social transfers as an indicator of redistribution and three alternative proxies for inequality¿the top income shares, the ratio of the GDP per capita to the unskilled wage...

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Autor: Espuelas Barroso, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Igualtat
Estat del benestar
Producte interior brut
Història econòmica
Equality
Welfare state
Gross domestic product
Economic history
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spelling The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930Espuelas Barroso, SergioIgualtatEstat del benestarProducte interior brutHistòria econòmicaEqualityWelfare stateGross domestic productEconomic historyIt is often assumed that the fight against inequality played an important role in the rise of the welfare state. However, using social transfers as an indicator of redistribution and three alternative proxies for inequality¿the top income shares, the ratio of the GDP per capita to the unskilled wage, and the share of non-family farms¿this article shows that inequality did not favour the development of social policy between 1880 and 1930. On the contrary, social policy developed more easily in countries that were previously more egalitarian, suggesting that unequal societies were in a sort of inequality trap, where inequality itself was an obstacle to redistribution.Wiley2017201720152017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion24 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/107808Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0289.12062Economic History Review, 2015, vol. 68, num. 2, p. 683-706https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0289.12062(c) Economic History Society, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1078082026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
title The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
spellingShingle The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
Espuelas Barroso, Sergio
Igualtat
Estat del benestar
Producte interior brut
Història econòmica
Equality
Welfare state
Gross domestic product
Economic history
title_short The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
title_full The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
title_fullStr The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
title_full_unstemmed The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
title_sort The inequality trap. A comparative analysis of social spending between 1880 and 1930
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Espuelas Barroso, Sergio
author Espuelas Barroso, Sergio
author_facet Espuelas Barroso, Sergio
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Igualtat
Estat del benestar
Producte interior brut
Història econòmica
Equality
Welfare state
Gross domestic product
Economic history
topic Igualtat
Estat del benestar
Producte interior brut
Història econòmica
Equality
Welfare state
Gross domestic product
Economic history
description It is often assumed that the fight against inequality played an important role in the rise of the welfare state. However, using social transfers as an indicator of redistribution and three alternative proxies for inequality¿the top income shares, the ratio of the GDP per capita to the unskilled wage, and the share of non-family farms¿this article shows that inequality did not favour the development of social policy between 1880 and 1930. On the contrary, social policy developed more easily in countries that were previously more egalitarian, suggesting that unequal societies were in a sort of inequality trap, where inequality itself was an obstacle to redistribution.
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