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Spanish Housing Markets, 1904-1934: New Evidence

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  • Carmona, Juan
  • Lampe, Markus
  • Rosés, Joan R.

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This article makes the first systematic attempt to analyse quantitatively the evolution of Spanish housing markets from 1904 to 1934, a period of dramatic changes in housing demand as a consequence of substantial income and demographic growth. In order to do so, we collect a new database on houses sold and their prices using data from the Registrar's Yearbooks. Furthermore, we construct a new hedonic index of real housing prices for Spain and its provinces. To our surprise, we found that real housing prices rose slightly over the entire period and, hence, that housing supply responded effectively to new demand for housing. Este articulo realiza el primer intento sistemático de analizar cuantitativamente la evolución del mercado de la vivienda en España desde 1904 a 1934, un periodo donde se experimentaron cambios dramáticos en la demanda de vivienda como consecuencia del notable crecimiento económico y demográfico. Para realizar este nuevo análisis, los autores han reunido una nueva base de datos con información procedente de los anuarios de los registradores de la propiedad. Además han construido un nuevo índice de precios hedónicos de la vivienda para el conjunto del país y sus provincias. De manera sorprendente, la nueva evidencia indica que los precios reales de la vivienda aumentaron solo ligeramente durante el periodo y que, en consecuencia, la oferta de vivienda respondió de manera efectiva a la nueva demanda.

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  • Carmona, Juan & Lampe, Markus & Rosés, Joan R., 2014. "Spanish Housing Markets, 1904-1934: New Evidence," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(1), pages 119-150, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:32:y:2014:i:01:p:119-150_00
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    1. Miguel Artola Blanco & Luis Estévez Bauluz & Clara Martinez-Toledano, 2018. "Wealth in Spain, 1900-2014: A Country of Two Lands," World Inequality Lab Working Papers hal-02878216, HAL.
    2. Basco, Sergi & Domènech, Jordi & Rosés, Joan R., 2021. "The redistributive effects of pandemics: Evidence on the Spanish flu," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    3. Juan Carmona & Markus Lampe & Joan Rosés, 2017. "Housing affordability during the urban transition in Spain," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(2), pages 632-658, May.
    4. Alicia Gómez-Tello & Alfonso Díez-Minguela & Julio Martinez-Galarraga & Daniel A. Tirado, 2019. "Regional prices in early twentieth-century Spain: a country-product-dummy approach," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 13(2), pages 245-276, May.
    5. Claudio Borio & Øyvind Eitrheim & Marc Flandreau & Clemens Jobst & Jan F Qvigstad & Ryland Thomas, 2022. "Historical monetary and financial statistics for policymakers: towards a unified framework," BIS Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 127.

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