• Base de datos de la población municipal española (ESPOP) 1860-1930 

      Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    • Local institutions and human capital formation in pre-industrial societies: evidence from Valencia 

      Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Gómez-Tello, Alicia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article analyses the relationship between institutions and human capital formation. We use literacy rates in 1860 at the municipal level in Valencia where the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 was followed by the ...
    • The shadow of cities: size, location and the spatial distribution of population 

      Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martinez-Galarraga, Julio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Using a large dataset on the population of Spanish municipalities between 1877 and 2001, this paper analyses how their initial size and the presence of neighbouring urban locations influence subsequent population growth ...
    • Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930 

      Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      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 ...
    • The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860–1930 

      Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This study provides new evidence on the advance of literacy in Spain during the period 1860–1930. A novel dataset, built with historical information from the Spanish population censuses (over 8000 municipalities), enables ...