Economic inequality in Latin America and Africa, 1650 to 1950

Can a comparison of historical trajectories help to understand underdevelopment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13028237
AutoresSara Galli (0000-0002-5273-0617, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia), Dimitrios Theodoridis (0000-0002-8125-4859, University of Gothenburg), Klas Rönnbäck (0000-0003-1347-0004, University of Gothenburg)
Año2022
Volumen38
Número1
Páginas41-64
Fecha de publicación2022-02-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEconomic History of Developing Regions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2078-0389 • E-ISSN: 2078-0397
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20780389.2021.2024073
OpenAlexW4210265772
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas69

The present article provides a comparative review of historical economic inequality in the two most unequal regions of the world, namely Latin America and Africa. This contribution examines novel studies that provide quantitative estimates of income and/or wealth inequality in the two continents in terms of sources, methods, results and interpretations, focusing on the period 1650 to 1950. The article shows that although scholars in the two regions have often employed similar methodologies, their results are far from conforming to a uniform pattern. The present review highlights how scholars of Latin America and Africa tend to remain geographically isolated, failing to capture the learning opportunities stemming from the work of their continental counterparts in terms of both sources and methods

Development economics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Latin Americans · Period (music · Political science · Underdevelopment · Work (physics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Theory and Policy · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law