Paving the way to modern growth: the Spanish Bourbon roads

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  • dc.contributor.author Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel
  • dc.contributor.author Herranz-Loncán, Alfonso
  • dc.contributor.author Tassinari, Filippo
  • dc.contributor.author Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet
  • dc.date.accessioned 2025-03-21T08:34:50Z
  • dc.date.available 2025-03-21T08:34:50Z
  • dc.date.issued 2023
  • dc.description.abstract 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.
  • dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grants ECO2016-75941-R, PID2019-108265RB-100, PGC2018-095821B-I00, RTI2018-097401-B-I00, TED2021-132184B-I00, PID2021-128227OB-I00 and PID2021-125901NB-I00) and the Catalan Government (grants 2017SGR796, 2017SGR1301, 2017SGR1466, 2021SGR189 and 2021SGR762).
  • dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
  • dc.identifier.citation Garcia-López MA, Herranz-Loncán A, Tassinari F, Viladecans-Marsal E. Paving the way to modern growth: the Spanish Bourbon roads. Explorations in Economic History. 2023;90:101544. DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101544
  • dc.identifier.issn 0014-4983
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69989
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Elsevier
  • dc.relation.ispartof Explorations in Economic History. 2023;90:101544
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/ECO2016-75941-R
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-108265RB-100
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-095821B-I00
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/RTI2018-097401-B-I00
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/TED2021-132184B-I00
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-128227OB-I00
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-125901NB-I00
  • dc.rights © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
  • dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
  • dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  • dc.subject.keyword Roads
  • dc.subject.keyword Accessibility
  • dc.subject.keyword Market potential
  • dc.subject.keyword Population growth
  • dc.subject.keyword Pre-railway transport
  • dc.subject.keyword Spain
  • dc.title Paving the way to modern growth: the Spanish Bourbon roads
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
  • dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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