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From Locational Fundamentals to Increasing Returns: The Spatial Concentration of Population in Spain, 1787-2000

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  • María Isabel Ayuda

    () (Department of Economic Analysis. Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. University of Zaragoza.)

  • Fernando Collantes

    () (Department of Applied Economics and Economic History. Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. University of Zaragoza.)

  • Vicente Pinilla

    () (Department of Applied Economics and Economic History. Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. University of Zaragoza.)

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Does population follow the same inverted-U pattern of concentration/dispersion that has been found in the case of economic activity in the long run? In this paper we present the evidence for eight European countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and find that, contrary to the inverted-U hypothesis, population has shown a steady, long-run trend towards concentration. After that, we estimate population density and population growth equations for the case of one of these countries, Spain from 1787 to 2000. Our results suggest that locational fundamentals (such as natural endowments) explain the distribution of population before industrialization and that industrialization reinforced the pre-existing regional population disparities, especially as the share of increasing-returns sectors in the Spanish economy became significant (that is, mainly during the twentieth century).

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  1. Goerlich, Francisco José & Mas, Matilde, 2008. "Empirical Evidence of Population Concentration in Spain, 1900-2001," MPRA Paper 15801, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2008.
  2. Agustín Gil, 2005. "Product differentiation in a mixed duopoly," Documentos de Trabajo dt2005-08, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza.
  3. María Ayuda & Fernando Collantes & Vicente Pinilla, 2010. "Long-run regional population disparities in Europe during modern economic growth: a case study of Spain," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 44(2), pages 297-298, April.

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