Geography, landownership inequality, and literacy: historical evidence from Greek regions

Nikos Benos (), Stelios Karagiannis and Sofia Tsitou ()
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Nikos Benos: University of Ioannina
Sofia Tsitou: Hellenic Open University

Journal of Population Economics, 2024, vol. 37, issue 1, No 29, 22 pages

Abstract: Abstract Our work sheds light on the joint role of human capital and geography during the early stages of the transition from stagnation to growth in early twentieth century Greece. We uncover a robust association between geography and literacy. We also show that geography is correlated with land inequality and thus establish that land distribution is a channel through which geography influences literacy. Finally, the impact of geography on human capital formation weakens with industrialization. Our work contributes to the literature on geography and human capital in the transition from stagnation to growth since Greece was at the early stages of the industrial era during the study period.

Keywords: Inequality; Land distribution; Human capital; Industrialization; Regional analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 I20 N33 N34 N93 N94 O14 O18 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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