Frontiers, warfare and economic geography: The case of Spain

Oto‐Peralías, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102511

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“…For Spaniards, the other major immigrant group, this share was 29 percent, close to the one for Argentines. This is consistent with Spain’s distinct ranching orientation in continental Europe, which can be traced to medieval times (Oto-Peralías 2020).…”

Section: The Distinctive Features Of Ranching Economicssupporting

confidence: 84%

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

Droller

Fiszbein

2021

J. Econ. Hist.

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We investigate how historical patterns of primary production influenced development across local economies in Argentina. Our identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in the composition of primary production induced by climatic features. We find that locations specializing in ranching had weaker linkages with other activities, higher concentration in land ownership, lower population density, and less immigration than cereal-producing areas. Over time, ranching localities continued to exhibit lower population density, and they experienced relatively sluggish industrialization. Ultimately, ranching specialization had large negative effects on long-run levels of income per capita and human capital.

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Section: The Distinctive Features Of Ranching Economicssupporting

confidence: 84%

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

Droller

Fiszbein

2021

J. Econ. Hist.

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“…Given that migrations were particularly acute in the early 20 th century, the latter might be explained by the selection biases these flows introduced regarding the characteristics of the population who migrated or stayed behind (Beltrán Tapia and Miguel Salanova 2017). The general patterns might also be related to the different settlement patterns characterising Spain (Oto-Peralías 2020). In the north-west, the density of population entities is much higher than in other territories and most of these are relatively small, thus facilitating enumerating their populations 41 .…”

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Two Stories, One Fate: Age-Heaping and Literacy in Spain, 1877-1930

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This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. We have assembled a new dataset for age-heaping and literacy in Spain with information about men and women from six population censuses and forty-nine provinces between 1877 and 1930. Our results show that, although age-heaping was less prevalent during the second half of the 19th century than previously thought, it did not decline until the early 20th century. Given that literacy increased throughout the whole period, our study thus unveils stark differences between age-heaping and literacy, which raises further questions regarding sources, methods and interpretation.

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“…We construct four indicators measuring different dimensions of the spatial distribution of population in European countries after dividing the territory into 250‐km 2 geographic units of observation. First, a settlement density indicator that measures the distribution of settlements along the territory, as in Oto‐Peralías (2020). More specifically, it refers to the percentage of 10‐km 2 grid cells that are inhabited in each unit of observation.…”

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“…According to Oto‐Peralías (2020), insecurity characterizing the Reconquest period may contribute to explain the anomalous spatial distribution of Spanish population. Continuous warfare and insecurity heavily conditioned the nature of the Christian colonization process, characterized by the leading role of the military orders as colonizer agents, scarcity of population, and a livestock‐oriented economy (González‐Jiménez, 1992).…”

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The spatial distribution of population in Spain: An anomaly in European perspective

Gutiérrez

Moral‐Benito

Ramos

et al. 2023

Journal of Regional Science

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The Working Paper Series seeks to disseminate original research in economics and fi nance. All papers have been anonymously refereed. By publishing these papers, the Banco de España aims to contribute to economic analysis and, in particular, to knowledge of the Spanish economy and its international environment.The opinions and analyses in the Working Paper Series are the responsibility of the authors and, therefore, do not necessarily coincide with those of the Banco de España or the Eurosystem.The Banco de España disseminates its main reports and most of its publications via the Internet at the following website: http://www.bde.es.

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Frontiers, warfare and economic geography: The case of Spain

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

Two Stories, One Fate: Age-Heaping and Literacy in Spain, 1877-1930

The spatial distribution of population in Spain: An anomaly in European perspective

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