Is the Kuznets Curve Still Alive? Evidence From Italian Household Budgets, 1881–1961
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10097041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Rossi (0000-0002-3981-1260, corresponding author), Gianni Toniolo, Giovanni Vecchi (0000-0003-1306-9456) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 904-925 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050701042024 |
| OpenAlex | W2112635548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 17 |
We investigate secular changes in the distribution of personal expenditure in Italy. To this end we present a new data set, consisting of 4,370 family-level budgets scattered over the years 1881–1961. Our methodology is innovative for this kind of study. Italy's secular trend proves to have been egalitarian, and to have accelerated in periods of fast output growth. Sectoral, residential, and demographic changes associated with “modern economic growth” account for a minor part of the observed changes in expenditure distribution, suggesting that other factors, such as wage differentials, play a dominant role in explaining the dynamics of inequality
Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Econometrics · Economics · Income distribution · Inequality · Kuznets Curve · Labour economics · Secular variation · Sociology · Wage · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic theories and models · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,96 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |