Two stories, one fateage-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930

  1. Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia 1
  2. Alfonso Díez-Minguela 2
  3. Julio Martinez-Galarraga
  4. Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat 2
  1. 1 Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Noruega

    ROR https://ror.org/05xg72x27

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Revista de Historia Económica = Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

ISSN: 0212-6109

Año de publicación: 2022

Año: 40

Número: 3

Páginas: 405-438

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/S0212610921000033 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Historia Económica = Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

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Resumen

Este trabajo analiza el capital humano en España durante las primeras etapas del crecimiento económico moderno. Para ello, hemos construido una nueva base de datos que recoge el nivel de age-heaping y de alfabetización a nivel provincial para hombres y mujeres a partir de la información contenida en seis censos de población entre 1877 y 1930. Los resultados muestran que durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX el nivel de age-heaping era menor de lo sugerido en estudios previos, y que éste no comenzó a reducirse de manera significativa hasta el inicio del siglo XX. Dado que la alfabetización aumentó a lo largo de todo el período, este trabajo revela la existencia de marcadas diferencias entre los niveles de age-heaping y de alfabetización, lo cual genera cuestiones relacionadas con las fuentes, la metodología y la interpretación de los indicadores.

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