Housing markets during the rural-urban transition: evidence from early 20th century Spain

Joan Rosés
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Juan Carmona () and Markus Lampe

IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola

Abstract: This paper discusses how Spain’s urban housing markets reacted to the farreaching changes that affected the demand for dwellings during the first phase of the rural-urban transition process. To this end, we construct a new hedonic index of real housing prices and assemble a cross-regional panel dataset of price fundamentals. The results of our econometric analysis suggest that urban housing markets did not face supply constraints and responded swiftly to the growing demand for accommodation. In light of this new evidence, we conclude that housing markets were not a burden for Spanish economic development and that Spain’s urban infrastructure and institutional framework and were suitable for the housing needs at the time

Keywords: Hedonic; prices; Demand; and; Supply; of; Housing; Regulation; in; Housing; Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N93 N94 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-his and nep-ure
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