Inequality and education, Spain 1860 - Explorations in Economic History
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Julio Martinez-Galarraga, Universitat de València
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Beltrán Tapia, Francisco J., and Martinez-Galarraga, Julio. Inequality and education, Spain 1860 - Explorations in Economic History. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-12-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E101249V1
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This article contributes to the debate on institutions and economic
development by examining the historical link between land access inequality and
education. Using information from the 464 districts existent in mid-19th
century Spain, this paper confirms that there is a negative relationship
between the fraction of farm labourers and male literacy rates. This result
does not disappear when a large set of potential confounding factors are
included in the analysis. The use of the Reconquest
as a quasi-natural experiment allows us to rule out further concerns about
potential endogeneity. In addition, controlling for different sources of spatial
dependence does not explain away this result either. By analysing the
rural-urban divide and the gender-specific information on the number of schools
and teachers, as well as schooling enrolment rates, this paper also explores
the mechanisms behind the observed relationship. As well as supply factors, our
results show that demand effects also played a significant role in explaining the
negative impact of inequality on education.
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