Javier Silvestre
Biographic Data
| ID | 1052715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Silvestre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Silvestre |
| SIGNATURE | SILVESTRE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Zaragoza |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0716-4713 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
War and city size
Populations are affected by shocks of different kinds, and wars, a priori, may be among the most prominent. This article studies the effect of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) shock on the distribution of population, especially on cities. One of the main contributions of this study is that it underlines the importance of distinguishing between winning and losing sides, an aspect which until now has been largely overlooked. While previous researc…
Determinants in the adoption of a non-labor-substitution technology
Accounts of technological change during industrialization processes based on labor-saving innovations are commonplace, even more so in the coal mining industry, in which the focus has until now been placed on the steam engine water pump and the coal cutting machine. However, to better understand technological change, we need to bear in mind the study of complementary capital. While previous research on complementary capital relies on evidence for…
Standard of Living
Productivity, Mortality, and Technology in European and US Coal Mining, 1800–1913
A Mixed‐Method Analysis of Remittance Scripts Among Bolivian Immigrants in Spain
The use of mixed methods to deal with the complexity of remittance motivations is still infrequent. This paper uses statistical and qualitative data and provides evidence on the conceptual framework for understanding remittance behaviour proposed by the scholar Jørgen Carling. Carling's ‘remittance scripts’ understand remittances as multifaceted transactions and enrich the assessment of the relationship between remittances and development at orig…
New economic geography and economic history
How Do Mines Explode? Understanding Risk in European Mining Doctrine, 1803–1906
Historians of risk and disaster have paid little attention to coal mining-an industry characterized by extreme risks and disasters-even though coal mine operators were concerned with the causes of explosions throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article goes beyond nationally oriented mining scholarship on coal mine safety and regulations to examine one form of industrial risk: how did European researchers understand the r…
Integration in European coal markets, 1833–1913
This article analyses coal market integration in Europe over the long nineteenth century. The market integration of coal, a key commodity associated with the industrial revolution, is an aspect of European economic history that has received little attention. The literature on the evolution of markets has concentrated on agricultural products, mostly cereals. This article examines intra‐ and international market integration in the principal coal‐p…
The occupational attainment of migrants and natives in Barcelona, 1930
Very few empirical studies have analysed the labour market performance of migrants in European countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article uses a rich new micro-dataset to examine the occupational attainment of migrants, mostly internal migrants, in the city of Barcelona, a key destination from the late nineteenth century onwards, adding to the literature on internal migrations in Spain during the period of industriali…
Small‐scale technologies and E uropean coal mine safety, 1850–1900
This article considers new technologies and fatal accident rates in E uropean coal mining from 1850 to 1900. Its contributions are twofold: to recover and emphasize improvements in small‐scale mine technologies such as safety lamps and ventilation, and, second, to deny any role at this time for later macroinventions such as electrification and mechanization. We discuss the influence of these safety‐improving technologies as well as government reg…
Reducing Depopulation in Rural Spain
The attraction of foreign‐born immigrants to rural areas in developed countries has aroused growing interest in recent years. The central issue in this study is the demographic impact of immigration in rural Spain, focusing on depopulated areas. The economic and demographic consequences of depopulation have become major concerns, and the arrival of international migrants has come to be seen as a possible solution. The aim of this study is to add …
The Internal Migration of Immigrants
Research on the mobility and residential patterns of immigrants within receiving countries is abundant. The selective nature of movers and the location of immigrants are issues that have received special attention. Most studies are premised on the supposition that immigrants move only once. However, for a number of immigrants, internal migration is a dynamic process in which more than one movement is involved. This article extends the literature …
La movilidad interna de los inmigrantes en España. Un estudio basado en la Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI-2007)
Este artículo contribuye a la literatura sobre la migración interna de los inmigrantes nacidos fuera de España. En él se analiza la distribución espacial y las pautas de movilidad de los inmigrantes, considerando aspectos como las características sociodemográficas de los individuos y las características de los orígenes y destinos dentro de España. También se analiza la emigración repetida, la duración de la residencia en cada destino y la emigrac…
Improving Workplace Safety in the Ontario Manufacturing Industry, 1914–1939
The safety of workers and the costs to employers and the economy as a whole became a serious problem in industrializing nations. Workplace safety in the Ontario manufacturing industry deteriorated at the end of the nineteenth century. In response, the province legislated to regulate safety standards and factory inspection. However, this strategy failed to reduce accident rates. As in the United States, it was the enactment of workers' compensatio…
The demographic impact of irrigation projects
Internal Migration Patterns of Foreign-Born Immigrants in a Country of Recent Mass Immigration
This paper extends the literature on the internal migration patterns of the foreign-born by analyzing the situation in Spain, a country affected by recent but very significant migratory flows. We utilize a standard theoretical framework in order to assess the relative importance of human capital, economic, and social capital indicators. To this end, we take advantage of a new micro database, the National Immigrant Survey (Encuesta National de Inm…
Temporary Internal Migrations in Spain, 1860–1930
Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century industrialization provoked quantitative and qualitative changes in traditional European migratory patterns. Most of the economic and social history literature concerning the study of European internal migration during the industrializing period has emphasized permanent migration. This article shows, however, that temporary internal migration was common not only in preindustrial societies but in industrializ…
Wage Compensation for Workplace Disamenities during Industrialization
The labor market of nineteenth-century Spain was largely unregulated. The first systematic regulation did not in fact take place until 1900, and the measures enacted were aimed at tackling the most serious issues: abuses in the employment of women and children, industrial accidents, and hours of work and rest. However, compliance with these early social reform measures was limited. The enforcement of labor market regulations was hampered by limit…
Reducing Depopulation in Rural Spain
The attraction of foreign‐born immigrants to rural areas in developed countries has aroused growing interest in recent years. The central issue in this study is the demographic impact of immigration in rural Spain, focusing on depopulated areas. The economic and demographic consequences of depopulation have become major concerns, and the arrival of international migrants has come to be seen as a possible solution. The aim of this study is to add …
The Internal Migration of Immigrants
Research on the mobility and residential patterns of immigrants within receiving countries is abundant. The selective nature of movers and the location of immigrants are issues that have received special attention. Most studies are premised on the supposition that immigrants move only once. However, for a number of immigrants, internal migration is a dynamic process in which more than one movement is involved. This article extends the literature …
Internal Migration Patterns of Foreign-Born Immigrants in a Country of Recent Mass Immigration
This paper extends the literature on the internal migration patterns of the foreign-born by analyzing the situation in Spain, a country affected by recent but very significant migratory flows. We utilize a standard theoretical framework in order to assess the relative importance of human capital, economic, and social capital indicators. To this end, we take advantage of a new micro database, the National Immigrant Survey (Encuesta National de Inm…
The occupational attainment of migrants and natives in Barcelona, 1930
Very few empirical studies have analysed the labour market performance of migrants in European countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article uses a rich new micro-dataset to examine the occupational attainment of migrants, mostly internal migrants, in the city of Barcelona, a key destination from the late nineteenth century onwards, adding to the literature on internal migrations in Spain during the period of industriali…
Small‐scale technologies and E uropean coal mine safety, 1850–1900
This article considers new technologies and fatal accident rates in E uropean coal mining from 1850 to 1900. Its contributions are twofold: to recover and emphasize improvements in small‐scale mine technologies such as safety lamps and ventilation, and, second, to deny any role at this time for later macroinventions such as electrification and mechanization. We discuss the influence of these safety‐improving technologies as well as government reg…
Integration in European coal markets, 1833–1913
This article analyses coal market integration in Europe over the long nineteenth century. The market integration of coal, a key commodity associated with the industrial revolution, is an aspect of European economic history that has received little attention. The literature on the evolution of markets has concentrated on agricultural products, mostly cereals. This article examines intra‐ and international market integration in the principal coal‐p…
The demographic impact of irrigation projects
Wage Compensation for Workplace Disamenities during Industrialization
The labor market of nineteenth-century Spain was largely unregulated. The first systematic regulation did not in fact take place until 1900, and the measures enacted were aimed at tackling the most serious issues: abuses in the employment of women and children, industrial accidents, and hours of work and rest. However, compliance with these early social reform measures was limited. The enforcement of labor market regulations was hampered by limit…
How Do Mines Explode? Understanding Risk in European Mining Doctrine, 1803–1906
Historians of risk and disaster have paid little attention to coal mining-an industry characterized by extreme risks and disasters-even though coal mine operators were concerned with the causes of explosions throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article goes beyond nationally oriented mining scholarship on coal mine safety and regulations to examine one form of industrial risk: how did European researchers understand the r…
Improving Workplace Safety in the Ontario Manufacturing Industry, 1914–1939
The safety of workers and the costs to employers and the economy as a whole became a serious problem in industrializing nations. Workplace safety in the Ontario manufacturing industry deteriorated at the end of the nineteenth century. In response, the province legislated to regulate safety standards and factory inspection. However, this strategy failed to reduce accident rates. As in the United States, it was the enactment of workers' compensatio…
Wage Compensation for Workplace Disamenities during Industrialization
The labor market of nineteenth-century Spain was largely unregulated. The first systematic regulation did not in fact take place until 1900, and the measures enacted were aimed at tackling the most serious issues: abuses in the employment of women and children, industrial accidents, and hours of work and rest. However, compliance with these early social reform measures was limited. The enforcement of labor market regulations was hampered by limit…
Temporary Internal Migrations in Spain, 1860–1930
Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century industrialization provoked quantitative and qualitative changes in traditional European migratory patterns. Most of the economic and social history literature concerning the study of European internal migration during the industrializing period has emphasized permanent migration. This article shows, however, that temporary internal migration was common not only in preindustrial societies but in industrializ…
The demographic impact of irrigation projects
Internal Migration Patterns of Foreign-Born Immigrants in a Country of Recent Mass Immigration
This paper extends the literature on the internal migration patterns of the foreign-born by analyzing the situation in Spain, a country affected by recent but very significant migratory flows. We utilize a standard theoretical framework in order to assess the relative importance of human capital, economic, and social capital indicators. To this end, we take advantage of a new micro database, the National Immigrant Survey (Encuesta National de Inm…
Improving Workplace Safety in the Ontario Manufacturing Industry, 1914–1939
The safety of workers and the costs to employers and the economy as a whole became a serious problem in industrializing nations. Workplace safety in the Ontario manufacturing industry deteriorated at the end of the nineteenth century. In response, the province legislated to regulate safety standards and factory inspection. However, this strategy failed to reduce accident rates. As in the United States, it was the enactment of workers' compensatio…
La movilidad interna de los inmigrantes en España. Un estudio basado en la Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI-2007)
Este artículo contribuye a la literatura sobre la migración interna de los inmigrantes nacidos fuera de España. En él se analiza la distribución espacial y las pautas de movilidad de los inmigrantes, considerando aspectos como las características sociodemográficas de los individuos y las características de los orígenes y destinos dentro de España. También se analiza la emigración repetida, la duración de la residencia en cada destino y la emigrac…
The Internal Migration of Immigrants
Research on the mobility and residential patterns of immigrants within receiving countries is abundant. The selective nature of movers and the location of immigrants are issues that have received special attention. Most studies are premised on the supposition that immigrants move only once. However, for a number of immigrants, internal migration is a dynamic process in which more than one movement is involved. This article extends the literature …
Reducing Depopulation in Rural Spain
The attraction of foreign‐born immigrants to rural areas in developed countries has aroused growing interest in recent years. The central issue in this study is the demographic impact of immigration in rural Spain, focusing on depopulated areas. The economic and demographic consequences of depopulation have become major concerns, and the arrival of international migrants has come to be seen as a possible solution. The aim of this study is to add …
Small‐scale technologies and E uropean coal mine safety, 1850–1900
This article considers new technologies and fatal accident rates in E uropean coal mining from 1850 to 1900. Its contributions are twofold: to recover and emphasize improvements in small‐scale mine technologies such as safety lamps and ventilation, and, second, to deny any role at this time for later macroinventions such as electrification and mechanization. We discuss the influence of these safety‐improving technologies as well as government reg…
The occupational attainment of migrants and natives in Barcelona, 1930
Very few empirical studies have analysed the labour market performance of migrants in European countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article uses a rich new micro-dataset to examine the occupational attainment of migrants, mostly internal migrants, in the city of Barcelona, a key destination from the late nineteenth century onwards, adding to the literature on internal migrations in Spain during the period of industriali…
Integration in European coal markets, 1833–1913
This article analyses coal market integration in Europe over the long nineteenth century. The market integration of coal, a key commodity associated with the industrial revolution, is an aspect of European economic history that has received little attention. The literature on the evolution of markets has concentrated on agricultural products, mostly cereals. This article examines intra‐ and international market integration in the principal coal‐p…
A Mixed‐Method Analysis of Remittance Scripts Among Bolivian Immigrants in Spain
The use of mixed methods to deal with the complexity of remittance motivations is still infrequent. This paper uses statistical and qualitative data and provides evidence on the conceptual framework for understanding remittance behaviour proposed by the scholar Jørgen Carling. Carling's ‘remittance scripts’ understand remittances as multifaceted transactions and enrich the assessment of the relationship between remittances and development at orig…
New economic geography and economic history
How Do Mines Explode? Understanding Risk in European Mining Doctrine, 1803–1906
Historians of risk and disaster have paid little attention to coal mining-an industry characterized by extreme risks and disasters-even though coal mine operators were concerned with the causes of explosions throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article goes beyond nationally oriented mining scholarship on coal mine safety and regulations to examine one form of industrial risk: how did European researchers understand the r…
Standard of Living
Productivity, Mortality, and Technology in European and US Coal Mining, 1800–1913
War and city size
Populations are affected by shocks of different kinds, and wars, a priori, may be among the most prominent. This article studies the effect of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) shock on the distribution of population, especially on cities. One of the main contributions of this study is that it underlines the importance of distinguishing between winning and losing sides, an aspect which until now has been largely overlooked. While previous researc…
Determinants in the adoption of a non-labor-substitution technology
Accounts of technological change during industrialization processes based on labor-saving innovations are commonplace, even more so in the coal mining industry, in which the focus has until now been placed on the steam engine water pump and the coal cutting machine. However, to better understand technological change, we need to bear in mind the study of complementary capital. While previous research on complementary capital relies on evidence for…
Economics (15 works) · Geography (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (8 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Coal (5 works)