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Working Papers

2024

1. Culture, Economic Stress, and Missing Girls
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2023

2. Life and Death under Son Preference: Economic stress, Fertility and Early-life Mortality in Rural Spain,1800-1910
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
3. Son preference, maternal care and sex ratios at birth
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2022

4. ESPAREL. A look at the relationship between population and territory in Spain in historical perspective
   Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE), Asociación Española de Historia Económica View citations (1)
5. Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900-1930
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900–1930, Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) (2024) (2024)
6. Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861-1921
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   See also Journal Article Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861–1921, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2024) (2024)

2021

7. Inferring “missing girls†from child sex ratios in European historical census data: A conservative approach
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
8. Structural change and the income of nations
   UB School of Economics Working Papers, University of Barcelona School of Economics
9. The roots of land inequality in Spain
   IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

2020

10. A brief history of the Reconquista (718-1492 AD): Conquest, repopulation and land distribution
    Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria View citations (1)
11. Death, sex and fertility: Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
    See also Journal Article Death, sex, and fertility: female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750–1950, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
12. Lordships, state capacity and beyond: literacy rates in mid-nineteenth-century Valencia
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
13. Son Preference, Gender Discrimination and Missing Girls in Rural Spain, 1750-1950
    Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE), Asociación Española de Historia Económica
    See also Journal Article Son Preference, Gender Discrimination, and Missing Girls in Rural Spain, 1750–1950, Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

14. Class, education and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
15. Revisiting Allen's nitrogen hyphotesis from a climate perspective (1645-1740)
    Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria
16. Sex ratios and missing girls in late-19th-century Europe
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
17. The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860-1930
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
18. ‘All little girls, the bad luck!’ Sex ratios and gender discrimination in 19th-century Greece
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)

2018

19. En torno al Comunal en España: una agenda de investigación llena de retos y promesas
    Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria
20. Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article TWO STORIES, ONE FATE: AGE-HEAPING AND LITERACY IN SPAIN, 1877-1930, Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2022) (2022)

2017

21. The Shadow of Cities: Size, Location and the Spatial Distribution of Population in Spain
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

2016

22. Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies: Spain, 1860-1991
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic History Society (2016) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies: Spain, 1860–1991, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2015

23. Inequality and poverty in a developing economy: Evidence from regional data (Spain, 1860-1930)
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES)
24. Land Access Inequality and Education in Pre-Industrial Spain
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
25. Where are the missing girls? Gender discrimination in mid-19th century Spain
    Working Papers, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Cambridge View citations (3)

2010

26. Social and environmental filters to market incentives: common land persistence in 19th century Spain
    Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria

Journal Articles

2024

1. Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900–1930
   Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2024, 18, (2), 335-361
   Also in Cliometrica, 2024, 18, (2), 335-361 (2024)
   See also Working Paper Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900-1930, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)
2. Local institutions and human capital formation in pre-industrial societies: evidence from Valencia
   European Review of Economic History, 2024, 28, (2), 135-162
3. Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861–1921
   Economic History Review, 2024, 77, (1), 185-211
   See also Working Paper Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861-1921, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

4. Death, sex, and fertility: female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750–1950
   (Son targeting fertility behaviour: some consequences and determinants)
   European Review of Economic History, 2022, 26, (2), 234-254 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Death, sex and fertility: Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950, Working Papers (2020) (2020)
5. Inferring “missing girls” from child sex ratios in historical census data
   Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 2022, 55, (2), 98-121 View citations (2)
6. Sex ratios and gender discrimination in Modern Greece
   Population Studies, 2022, 76, (2), 329-346 View citations (2)
7. TWO STORIES, ONE FATE: AGE-HEAPING AND LITERACY IN SPAIN, 1877-1930
   Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2022, 40, (3), 405-438
   See also Working Paper Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930, Working Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2021

8. Son Preference, Gender Discrimination, and Missing Girls in Rural Spain, 1750–1950
   Population and Development Review, 2021, 47, (3), 665-689 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Son Preference, Gender Discrimination and Missing Girls in Rural Spain, 1750-1950, Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) (2020) (2020)
9. The shadow of cities: size, location and the spatial distribution of population
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2021, 66, (3), 729-753 View citations (2)

2020

10. What explains the missing girls in nineteenth‐century Spain?
    Economic History Review, 2020, 73, (1), 59-77 View citations (7)

2018

11. Inequality and education in pre-industrial economies: Evidence from Spain
    Explorations in Economic History, 2018, 69, (C), 81-101 View citations (9)
12. Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies: Spain, 1860–1991
    The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (1), 81-117 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies: Spain, 1860-1991, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2017

13. Migrants’ self-selection in the early stages of modern economic growth, Spain (1880–1930)
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (1), 101-121 View citations (4)

2016

14. COMMON LANDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SPAIN*
    Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 2016, 34, (1), 111-133 View citations (1)

2015

15. Commons and the standard of living debate in Spain, 1860–1930
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2015, 9, (1), 27-48

2013

16. Enclosing literacy? Common lands and human capital in Spain, 1860–1930
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2013, 9, (4), 491-515 View citations (5)

2012

17. Commons, social capital, and the emergence of agricultural cooperatives in early twentieth century Spain
    European Review of Economic History, 2012, 16, (4), 511-528 View citations (19)

Books

2019

1. Capital humano y desigualdad territorial. El proceso de alfabetización en los municipios españoles desde la Ley Moyano hasta la Guerra Civil
   Estudios de Historia Económica, Banco de España View citations (2)