Paving the way to modern growth: the Spanish Bourbon roads

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López, Autonomous University of Barcelona & Institut d’Economia de Barcelona; Alfonso Herranz-Loncan, University of Barcelona and Centre d’Estudis ’Jordi Nadal’ d’Història Econòmica; Filippo Tassinari, Pompeu Fabra University & Barcelona School of Economics & Institut d'Economia de Barcelona; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, University of Barcelona & Institut d’Economia de Barcelona

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Project Citation: 

Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel, Herranz-Loncan, Alfonso, Tassinari, Filippo, and Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet. Paving the way to modern growth: the Spanish Bourbon roads. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-03-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E187462V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper analyses the impact that Spanish road construction had on local population growth between 1787 and 1857. We find that the increase in market potential associated to road accessibility had a substantial effect on local population growth. The impact was substantially higher on the municipalities that had a more diversified occupational structure. By contrast, the effect of the new network on population growth was negative in municipalities close but without direct access to the roads. We interpret these findings as evidence of a process of rural-to-rural migration due to the new roads.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ECO2016-75941-R); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2019-108265RB-100); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PGC2018-095821-B-I00); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RTI2018-097401-B-I00); Catalan Government (2017SGR796); Catalan Government (2017SGR1301); Catalan Government (2017SGR1466)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms population; roads; GIS; accessibility; municipality
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Spain
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1787 – 1857
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data


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