TY - JOUR
T1 - Paving the way to modern growth
T2 - The Spanish Bourbon roads
AU - Garcia-López, Miquel Àngel
AU - Herranz-Loncán, Alfonso
AU - Tassinari, Filippo
AU - Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - This paper analyses the impact that Spanish road construction had on local population growth between 1787 and 1857. We find that the increase in market potential associated to road accessibility had a significant effect on local population growth. The impact was substantially higher on the municipalities that had a more diversified occupational structure. By contrast, the effect of the new network on population growth was negative in municipalities close but without direct access to the roads. We interpret these findings as evidence of a process of rural-to-rural migration due to the new roads.
AB - This paper analyses the impact that Spanish road construction had on local population growth between 1787 and 1857. We find that the increase in market potential associated to road accessibility had a significant effect on local population growth. The impact was substantially higher on the municipalities that had a more diversified occupational structure. By contrast, the effect of the new network on population growth was negative in municipalities close but without direct access to the roads. We interpret these findings as evidence of a process of rural-to-rural migration due to the new roads.
KW - Accessibility
KW - Market potential
KW - Population growth
KW - Pre-railway transport
KW - Roads
KW - Spain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544
DO - 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85171479446
SN - 0014-4983
VL - 90
SP - 101544
JO - Explorations in Economic History
JF - Explorations in Economic History
M1 - 101544
ER -