Two stories, one fate: age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930
| Autor: | Julio Martinez-Galarraga, Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat, Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Economics and Econometrics
History education.field_of_study 19th-century media_common.quotation_subject Interpretation (philosophy) Population literacy UNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS Human capital Literacy Geography age-heaping Spain Demographic economics education Functional illiteracy Period (music) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Revista de Historia Económica-Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Volume 40, Issue 3, December 2022, pp. 405-438. |
| Popis: | This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. In order to do so, we have assembled a new dataset on ageheaping and literacy in Spain for both men and women between 1877 and 1930 based on six population censuses with information for 49 provinces. Our results show that age-heaping was less prevalent during the second half of the 19th century than previously thought and did not decrease until the early twentieth century. By contrast, literacy increased throughout the whole period. Interestingly, age-heaping and illiteracy rates depict similar spatial patterns which confirm the stark differences in human capital within Spain. Lastly, we raise critical questions as regards sources, methods, and the interpretation of age-heaping. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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