Spain’s Low Technological Level: An Explanation

José M. Ortiz-Villajos

Chapter 8 in Technology and Human Capital in Historical Perspective, 2005, pp 182-204 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The economic backwardness of Spain throughout the Modern period is a well-studied subject.2 Economic historians have identified a range of causes of this problem: cultural, historical, political, institutional, educational, economic, technological and entrepreneurial. All are inter-related, making it impossible to provide a single, satisfactory explanation for Spanish underdevelopment. Nevertheless, there is general agreement that technological backwardness is one of the most important explanatory factors, and must be studied with special attention.

Keywords: Technological Level; Patent Data; Modern Period; Foreign Technology; Traditional Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523814_8

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