Moderate opulence: the evolution of wealth inequality in Mexico in its first century of independence

IF 2.6 1区历史学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2023-11-27 DOI:10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101567

Diego Castañeda Garza

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Abstract

This article presents the first complete 19^th-century reconstruction of the Mexican wealth distribution, from independence to the Mexican Revolution. It uses an often underutilized source in Mexican historiography: will inventories/protocols. In addition, the present article estimates the levels and trends of historical wealth inequality using five different methods, among them the application of the properties of two theoretical parametric distributions to the measurement of historical inequality. The dynamics of wealth inequality in 19^th century Mexico were dominated by the top 1% and the middle 40% of the wealth distribution; meanwhile, the top 10% and bottom 50% demonstrate remarkable stability. This article makes significant contributions through two primary avenues: firstly, the reconstruction of historical wealth inequality, and secondly, the analysis of historical developments in the context of their potential impact on the distribution of wealth within a dynamic political economy environment.

N36, D31, I32, H20.

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适度富裕:墨西哥独立后第一个世纪财富不平等的演变。

本文首次完整地再现了19世纪墨西哥从独立到墨西哥革命时期的财富分配状况。它使用了墨西哥史学中经常未被充分利用的资源:将清单/协议。此外，本文使用五种不同的方法估计了历史财富不平等的水平和趋势，其中包括应用两个理论参数分布的性质来测量历史不平等。19世纪墨西哥财富不平等的动态是由财富分配中最富有的1%和中间40%的人主导的;与此同时，收入最高的10%和收入最低的50%表现出了显著的稳定性。本文通过两个主要途径做出了重大贡献:首先，重建历史上的财富不平等，其次，在动态的政治经济环境中分析历史发展对财富分配的潜在影响。N36 d31 i32 h20。

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8.70%

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期刊介绍： Explorations in Economic History provides broad coverage of the application of economic analysis to historical episodes. The journal has a tradition of innovative applications of theory and quantitative techniques, and it explores all aspects of economic change, all historical periods, all geographical locations, and all political and social systems. The journal includes papers by economists, economic historians, demographers, geographers, and sociologists. Explorations in Economic History is the only journal where you will find "Essays in Exploration." This unique department alerts economic historians to the potential in a new area of research, surveying the recent literature and then identifying the most promising issues to pursue.