Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273628 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2022/26
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
This paper shows yearly estimates of income inequality in Italy from 1900 to 1950. By constructing dynamic social tables, we comprehensively assess inequality across all components of Italian society. In a context of declining inequality across Europe, interwar Italy reveals a singular trajectory with a rise in inequality during WW1, markedly reversed during 1918-1922, resumed after the March on Rome and with a further increase during WW2. While consolidating the reinterpretation of inequality in interwar Europe, by showing so far overlooked short-term distributive shocks in Italy, our findings confirm the regressive nature of Italian Fascism.
Subjects: 
Fascist Italy
income inequality
interwar Europe
dynamic social tables
JEL: 
D31
E24
E25
J31
N34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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