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July 13, 2024
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Fiscal redistribution and the narrowing urban–rural income gap

Publicated to:Regional Science Policy and Practice. 16 (5): - 2024-05-01 16(5), DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100045

Authors: Loras-Gimeno D; Gómez-Bengoechea G; Díaz-Lanchas J

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Universidad Pontificia Comillas - Author

Abstract

This paper explores the regional impacts of heterogeneous fiscal redistribution policies on urban[sbnd]rural income gaps. We construct market income and final income measures and use quantile regressions to estimate the impact across income deciles and across urban and rural areas of the different fiscal redistribution systems that operate regionally in Spain. To do that, we combine microdata from the Living Conditions Survey and Household Budget Survey for the 2017–2020 period. The results show that there is a 6 % urban[sbnd]rural income gap for market income and that redistribution reduces it to 4 % for final income. Individuals in the lower deciles are more affected by the urban[sbnd]rural income gap before and after fiscal interventions. There is large heterogeneity in the size of this income gap across regions and in their capacity to address it. Our results highlight the redistributive capacity of fiscal policies for narrowing the urban-rural income gap.

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Final incomeFiscal redistributionMarket incomeRegional inequalityUrban-rural gap

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Regional Science Policy and Practice due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 68/171, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geography. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Geography, Planning and Development.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 19.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 23 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 13.4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 19 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (DIAZ LANCHAS, JORGE).