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Numeracy Selectivity of Spanish Migrants in Hispanic America (16th-18th Centuries)

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  • Mari Carmen Pérez-Artés

    (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany)

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This paper assesses the human capital composition of Spanish migrants who went to colonial Latin America during the 16th to 18th centuries. To estimate the numeracy levels of the Spaniards who left Spain to settle in the colony, I use the age-heaping based method to measure the human capital. The main finding is that the Spanish migrants were positively selected. Differences are observed in the human capital of those who chose to settle in Mexico, with a higher level of numeracy, than those who chose Peru. These differences could be due to the viceroyalty structure and the presence of religious orders that encouraged the emigration of people with greater human capital to Mexico. Finally, it seems that inequality between Spaniards and natives, in terms of human capital, was larger in Mexico at the end of the 16th century reducing the gap circa 1710.

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  • Mari Carmen Pérez-Artés, 2021. "Numeracy Selectivity of Spanish Migrants in Hispanic America (16th-18th Centuries)," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 2101, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:dtaehe:2101
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    Keywords

    human capital; numeracy; migrations; colonial Latin America;
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    JEL classification:

    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
    • N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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