This paper emphasizes the properties of a family of inequality measures which extends the Atkinson indices and is axiomatically characterized by a multiplicative decomposition property where the withingroup component is a generalized weighted mean with weights summing exactly to 1. This family...

This paper focuses on the influence of two classical engines of population agglomeration: geography versus history. Geography is identified by two co-ordinates: coastal position and altitude. The prominence of history is captured also by two characteristics: the initial size of the...

This paper proposes two considerations prior to the study of city size and emphasizes their importance in the testing of one of the empirical regularities most widely used by the literature, Zipf’s law. The first one refers to the importance of using a consistent database for analysis. The...

This short paper examines the evolution of the population density in Spain during the 20th century. Using a homogeneous database of the population at a municipal level – elaborated from the eleven censuses carried out between 1900 and 2001– the paper looks at the general characteristics of...

This paper focuses on the influence of two classical drivers of population agglomeration: geography and history. Geography is identified by two co-ordinates: coastal position and altitude. The prominence of history is also captured by two characteristics: the initial size of the municipalities,...

This paper looks at localization patterns in municipal population in Spain along the XX century. Using a homogeneous data base of population at the municipal level -constructed from the eleven censuses in 1900 and up to 2001- the paper describes the general patterns of population concentration...

This paper presents a homogenous database for the Spanish population at municipal level as well as some results related to the location of the population on the territory throughout the XX century. The database reconstructs the de jure population of 8.108 municipalities that appear in the 2001...

This paper reviews the experience of sustained growth in Spain and those countries belonging to the G7 in light of Kaldor’s stylized facts, as well as the process of Spain’s convergence towards the most developed countries. We analyze sources of growth over the extensive period of 1970-2001,...

El trabajo describe la evolución de la desigualdad en la distribución personal de la renta durante el periodo 1973-2001 a partir de los microdatos de la Encuesta de presupuestos familiares elaboradas por el INE. Comienza analizando la situación española y, tras comprobar el incremento de la...

El trabajo revisa la experiencia de crecimiento de las regiones españolas durante el periodo 1955-2000, ampliando los resultados ya conocidos en tres direcciones. En primer lugar, describe los perfiles de la localización de la actividad sobre el territorio, constatandoel freno a la...