Alfonso Díez‐Minguela
Biographic Data
| ID | 5856923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfonso Díez‐Minguela |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfonso |
| FAMILY NAME | Díez‐Minguela |
| SIGNATURE | MINGUELA A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de València |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6141-3042 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A new methodology for the construction of historical population grids
This study presents a novel methodology for constructing a historical population grid that sheds light on the spatial distribution of the population in late-nineteenth-century Spain. The grid (ESGRID1887) is harmonised and compared with the population settlement patterns revealed by the most recent population grid produced by EUROSTAT (GEOSTAT2021). ESGRID1887 uses data from the Nomenclátor of Spain (1887) and cadastral records to distribute the …
Society, economy and missing girls in 18th century Spain
Relying on local-level information in late-18th-century Spain (almost 17,500 locations), this article (1) shows that average child sex ratios were extremely high, a result that cannot be explained by female under-registration, (2) identifies which regions were more prone to suffer from ‘missing girls’, and (3) explores the factors that might be behind this phenomenon in 18th-century Spain. Our results show that, broadly speaking, Southern Spain e…
Developing a population grid in a historical context
In this work, we introduce a method to develop a population grid in a historical context. Our approach is based on generating numerous points (geographic coordinates) and delineating contours, and it has been applied to a specific case, the Valencia region in late nineteenth century. To generate points, we digitized and georeferenced the Nomenclator of Spain of 1888 (NE1888), a directory of the population entities. Besides, and using detailed bui…
Starting high school? On the origins of secondary education in Spain, 1857–1901
The development of modern educational systems radically altered the way knowledge and skills were transmitted. Yet, while elementary schooling rapidly expanded in late 19th and early twentieth centuries, secondary education struggled to find its way. This was also the case in Spain where, despite a growing demand, the provision of public secondary education during the second half of the 19th century was rather limited. As a result, private educat…
Two Stories, One Fate
This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. We have assembled a new dataset for age-heaping and literacy in Spain with information about men and women from six population censuses and forty-nine provinces between 1877 and 1930. Our results show that, although age-heaping was less prevalent during the second half of the 19 th century than previously thought, it did not decline until the early 20 th…
The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860–1930
This study provides new evidence on the advance of literacy in Spain during the period 1860–1930. A novel dataset, built with historical information from the Spanish population censuses (over 8000 municipalities), enables this process to be described in detail from the end of the Ancien Régime to the Second Republic. The study thus presents stylised facts at a very low level of geographic aggregation, thereby permitting a closer examination of th…
Railroad Integration and Uneven Development on the European Periphery, 1870–1910
This study explores the relationship between railroad integration and regional development on the European periphery between 1870 and 1910, based on a regional data set including 291 spatial units. Railroad integration is proxied by railroad density, while per capita GDP is used as an indicator of economic development. The period under study is of particular relevance as it has been associated with the second wave of railroad construction in Euro…
Regional prices in early twentieth-century Spain
The long‐term relationship between economic development and regional inequality
Regional income inequality in France 1860–1954
This paper explores regional (département or NUTS3) income inequality in France between 1860 and 1954. To this end we first document the existing evidence, evaluate the estimation methods and findings, assess the suitability of each approach and address potential concerns. We then present our own subnational estimates of per-capita income, derived following Geary and Stark. Overall, we find that indirect estimation (or top-down) methods provide s…
The Origins of Economic Growth and Regional Income Inequality in Latin Europe, 1870–1950
Regional income inequality in Latin Europe (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) showed a distinctive pattern between 1870 and 1950. Data about population on a decadal basis and Gross Domestic Product (gdp) for 171 regions (84 French départements, 22 Italian regioni, 18 Portuguese distritos, and 49 Spanish provincias) shows that regional inequality increased from 1870 to 1910 but gradually flattened out thereafter until 1950. Current regional disp…
Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies
Using district population in Spain between 1860 and 1991, recorded approximately every decade, this article examines whether initial population affects subsequent population growth. While such a relationship between these two variables hardly existed during the second half of the nineteenth century, this link increased significantly between 1910 and 1970, although this trend was abruptly interrupted by the Civil War and the autarkic period that f…
Regional inequality and economic development in Spain, 1860–2010
Why Did Spanish Regions Not Converge Before the Civil War? Agglomeration Economies and (Regional) Growth Revisited
In this paper we explore the relationship between the presence of agglomeration economies and regional economic growth in Spain during the period 1870-1930. The study allows us to revisit the existence of a trade-off between economic growth and territorial cohesion, and also to examine whether the existence of agglomeration economies could explain the upswing in regional income inequality during the early stages of development. In doing so, we pr…
Mating (marriage) patterns and economic development
This paper looks at the relationship between economic development and mating (marriage) patterns in the very long run. For this purpose we introduce the Goldin and the Kuznets curves which relate female labour and income inequality with economic development respectively. To some extent, the Goldin and the Kuznets curves have followed opposite paths, which in turn, could illustrate how economic development has had an impact on mating (marriage) pa…
Regional inequality and economic development in Spain, 1860–2010
Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies
Using district population in Spain between 1860 and 1991, recorded approximately every decade, this article examines whether initial population affects subsequent population growth. While such a relationship between these two variables hardly existed during the second half of the nineteenth century, this link increased significantly between 1910 and 1970, although this trend was abruptly interrupted by the Civil War and the autarkic period that f…
The long‐term relationship between economic development and regional inequality
Why Did Spanish Regions Not Converge Before the Civil War? Agglomeration Economies and (Regional) Growth Revisited
In this paper we explore the relationship between the presence of agglomeration economies and regional economic growth in Spain during the period 1870-1930. The study allows us to revisit the existence of a trade-off between economic growth and territorial cohesion, and also to examine whether the existence of agglomeration economies could explain the upswing in regional income inequality during the early stages of development. In doing so, we pr…
Two Stories, One Fate
This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. We have assembled a new dataset for age-heaping and literacy in Spain with information about men and women from six population censuses and forty-nine provinces between 1877 and 1930. Our results show that, although age-heaping was less prevalent during the second half of the 19 th century than previously thought, it did not decline until the early 20 th…
Railroad Integration and Uneven Development on the European Periphery, 1870–1910
This study explores the relationship between railroad integration and regional development on the European periphery between 1870 and 1910, based on a regional data set including 291 spatial units. Railroad integration is proxied by railroad density, while per capita GDP is used as an indicator of economic development. The period under study is of particular relevance as it has been associated with the second wave of railroad construction in Euro…
The Origins of Economic Growth and Regional Income Inequality in Latin Europe, 1870–1950
Regional income inequality in Latin Europe (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) showed a distinctive pattern between 1870 and 1950. Data about population on a decadal basis and Gross Domestic Product (gdp) for 171 regions (84 French départements, 22 Italian regioni, 18 Portuguese distritos, and 49 Spanish provincias) shows that regional inequality increased from 1870 to 1910 but gradually flattened out thereafter until 1950. Current regional disp…
Mating (marriage) patterns and economic development
This paper looks at the relationship between economic development and mating (marriage) patterns in the very long run. For this purpose we introduce the Goldin and the Kuznets curves which relate female labour and income inequality with economic development respectively. To some extent, the Goldin and the Kuznets curves have followed opposite paths, which in turn, could illustrate how economic development has had an impact on mating (marriage) pa…
Regional inequality and economic development in Spain, 1860–2010
Why Did Spanish Regions Not Converge Before the Civil War? Agglomeration Economies and (Regional) Growth Revisited
In this paper we explore the relationship between the presence of agglomeration economies and regional economic growth in Spain during the period 1870-1930. The study allows us to revisit the existence of a trade-off between economic growth and territorial cohesion, and also to examine whether the existence of agglomeration economies could explain the upswing in regional income inequality during the early stages of development. In doing so, we pr…
The Origins of Economic Growth and Regional Income Inequality in Latin Europe, 1870–1950
Regional income inequality in Latin Europe (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) showed a distinctive pattern between 1870 and 1950. Data about population on a decadal basis and Gross Domestic Product (gdp) for 171 regions (84 French départements, 22 Italian regioni, 18 Portuguese distritos, and 49 Spanish provincias) shows that regional inequality increased from 1870 to 1910 but gradually flattened out thereafter until 1950. Current regional disp…
Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies
Using district population in Spain between 1860 and 1991, recorded approximately every decade, this article examines whether initial population affects subsequent population growth. While such a relationship between these two variables hardly existed during the second half of the nineteenth century, this link increased significantly between 1910 and 1970, although this trend was abruptly interrupted by the Civil War and the autarkic period that f…
Regional prices in early twentieth-century Spain
The long‐term relationship between economic development and regional inequality
Regional income inequality in France 1860–1954
This paper explores regional (département or NUTS3) income inequality in France between 1860 and 1954. To this end we first document the existing evidence, evaluate the estimation methods and findings, assess the suitability of each approach and address potential concerns. We then present our own subnational estimates of per-capita income, derived following Geary and Stark. Overall, we find that indirect estimation (or top-down) methods provide s…
The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860–1930
This study provides new evidence on the advance of literacy in Spain during the period 1860–1930. A novel dataset, built with historical information from the Spanish population censuses (over 8000 municipalities), enables this process to be described in detail from the end of the Ancien Régime to the Second Republic. The study thus presents stylised facts at a very low level of geographic aggregation, thereby permitting a closer examination of th…
Railroad Integration and Uneven Development on the European Periphery, 1870–1910
This study explores the relationship between railroad integration and regional development on the European periphery between 1870 and 1910, based on a regional data set including 291 spatial units. Railroad integration is proxied by railroad density, while per capita GDP is used as an indicator of economic development. The period under study is of particular relevance as it has been associated with the second wave of railroad construction in Euro…
Two Stories, One Fate
This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. We have assembled a new dataset for age-heaping and literacy in Spain with information about men and women from six population censuses and forty-nine provinces between 1877 and 1930. Our results show that, although age-heaping was less prevalent during the second half of the 19 th century than previously thought, it did not decline until the early 20 th…
Starting high school? On the origins of secondary education in Spain, 1857–1901
The development of modern educational systems radically altered the way knowledge and skills were transmitted. Yet, while elementary schooling rapidly expanded in late 19th and early twentieth centuries, secondary education struggled to find its way. This was also the case in Spain where, despite a growing demand, the provision of public secondary education during the second half of the 19th century was rather limited. As a result, private educat…
Developing a population grid in a historical context
In this work, we introduce a method to develop a population grid in a historical context. Our approach is based on generating numerous points (geographic coordinates) and delineating contours, and it has been applied to a specific case, the Valencia region in late nineteenth century. To generate points, we digitized and georeferenced the Nomenclator of Spain of 1888 (NE1888), a directory of the population entities. Besides, and using detailed bui…
A new methodology for the construction of historical population grids
This study presents a novel methodology for constructing a historical population grid that sheds light on the spatial distribution of the population in late-nineteenth-century Spain. The grid (ESGRID1887) is harmonised and compared with the population settlement patterns revealed by the most recent population grid produced by EUROSTAT (GEOSTAT2021). ESGRID1887 uses data from the Nomenclátor of Spain (1887) and cadastral records to distribute the …
Society, economy and missing girls in 18th century Spain
Relying on local-level information in late-18th-century Spain (almost 17,500 locations), this article (1) shows that average child sex ratios were extremely high, a result that cannot be explained by female under-registration, (2) identifies which regions were more prone to suffer from ‘missing girls’, and (3) explores the factors that might be behind this phenomenon in 18th-century Spain. Our results show that, broadly speaking, Southern Spain e…
Economics (12 works) · Geography (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic geography (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (7 works) · Inequality (6 works)