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La Tasa De Urbanización En España A Finales Del Siglo XVIII: El Problema De Las Agrociudades

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  • Enrique Llopis Agelán

    (Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas II, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • Manuel González Mariscal

    (Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas II, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Abstract

In this article a new estimate of the regional urbanization rates in Spain by late 18th century is offered. It is based on the combination of two criteria: population size and employment structure. While the former criterion has a long tradition, the latter is novel. The result of our approach is urbanization rates that are significantly lower than the one yielded by exclusively using the traditional criterion of population size. Operating with the 5,000 inhabitants threshold, the share of Spanish urban population falls from 23,7 to 14,5 per cent. The decrease is larger in southern regions. These results shed light on the importance of the “agro-cities” in late 18th century Spain. In sum, our approach shows that urbanization rates in Spain were lower, closer to the European average and more consistent with the relative level of economic development of our country in the Ancien Régime.

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  • Enrique Llopis Agelán & Manuel González Mariscal, 2006. "La Tasa De Urbanización En España A Finales Del Siglo XVIII: El Problema De Las Agrociudades," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 0602, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:dtaehe:0602
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    1. Carlos Álvarez-Nogal & Leandro Prados De La Escosura, 2013. "The rise and fall of Spain (1270–1850)," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 66(1), pages 1-37, February.
    2. Leandro Prados de la Escosura & Carlos Álvarez-Nogal & Carlos Santiago-Caballero, 2022. "Growth recurring in preindustrial Spain?," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 16(2), pages 215-241, May.

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    Keywords

    urbanization; Spain; Ancien Régime; 18th century; population size; employment structure;
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    JEL classification:

    • J19 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Other

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