Explaining the presence and absence of Spanish farm cooperatives before 1936: a political economy approach

Spanish farm cooperatives were limited in number and performed poorly before the Civil War. Rather than a lack of trust and social capital, this paper advances two alternative arguments. First, cooperatives often failed to offer the optimal level of scale to farmers for their day-to-day activities. In some case cooperatives were too large, which encouraged more informal forms of organization. When they were too small, greater scale could only be obtained by integrating cooperatives into federations. These required top-down support, which was provided in many European countries by landowners and the Church, as a result of competitive politics, that required them to build mass parties and organize small farmers politically. By contrast in Spain this was not forthcoming, as the Restoration political settlement (1876-1923) removed the need for party competition, and consequently left the needs of small farmers unattended. Only in Cataluña, and to a lesser extent Valencia, did regional party politics create these necessary conditions

Spanish housing markets during the first phase of the rural-urban transition process

This paper discusses how Spain’s housing markets reacted to the far-reaching 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 housing markets did not face supply constraints, responded swiftly to the growing demand for accommodation and were efficient. In light of this new evidence, we conclude that housing markets were not a burden for Spanish economic development and that Spain’s institutional and regulatory frameworks were suitable for the housing needs at the time

Housing affordability during the urban transition in Spain

During the decades previous to the Civil War, Spain experienced a rapid process of urbanization, which was accompanied by the demographic transition and sizeable rural-urban migrations. This article investigates how urban housing markets reacted to these far-reaching changes that increased demand for dwellings. To this end, we employ a new hedonic index of real housing prices and construct a cross-regional panel dataset of rents and housing price fundamentals. This new evidence indicates that rents were not a significant financial burden on low-income families and, hence, housing was affordable for working classes. Also, we show that families' access to new homes was facilitated by a sizable growth of housing supply. Substantial investments in urban infrastructure and the institutional framework enabled the construction of new homes at affordable prices. Our results suggest that housing problems were not pervasive during the urban transition as the literature often seems to claim.Financial support was received by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness projects: 2013/00066/001 (Juan Carmona), ECO2011-25713 (Markus Lampe) and ECO2012-39169-C03-01 (Joan R. Rosés)

Spanish housing markets, 1904-1934: new evidence

This article makes the first systematic attempt to analyse quantitativelythe evolution of Spanish housing markets from 1904 to 1934, a period ofdramatic changes in housing demand as a consequence of substantialincome and demographic growth. In order to do so, we collect a newdatabase on houses sold and their prices using data from the Registrar'sYearbooks. Furthermore, we construct a new hedonic index of real housingprices for Spain and its provinces. To our surprise, we found that realhousing prices rose slightly over the entire period and, hence, that housingsupply responded effectively to new demand for housing.Este artículo realiza el primer intento sistemático de analizar cuantitativamente la evolución del mercado de la vivienda en España desde 1904 a 1934, un periodo donde se experimentaron cambios dramáticos en la demanda de vivienda como consecuencia del notable crecimiento económico y demográfico. Para realizar este nuevo análisis, los autores han reunido una nueva base de datos con información procedente de los anuarios de los registradores de la propiedad. Además han construido un nuevo índice de precios hedónicos de la vivienda para el conjunto del país y sus provincias. De manera sorprendente, la nueva evidencia indica que los precios reales de la vivienda aumentaron solo ligeramente durante el periodo y que, en consecuencia, la oferta de vivienda respondió de manera efectiva a la nueva demanda

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

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 timeThe authors acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation projects “Consolidating Economics” within the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Program. Rosés also acknowledges support from the project ECO2009-13331-C02-01. Lampe thanks project ECO2011-25713

Guía de Fuentes Cuantitativas para la Historia Contemporánea de España. Sociedad y Política

RESUMEN.-En este artículo los autores tratan de ofrecer un panorama de las fuentes estadísticas, o susceptibles de generar estadísticas, relacionadas con la historia política y social de España durante la edad contemporánea. El objetivo es proporcionar una guía a aquellos historiadores que utilizan una metodología cuantitativa, o que emplean las cifras como apoyatura o ilustración de sus trabajos. El artículo se organiza en secciones, correspondientes cada una de ellas a las diferentes temáticas englobables bajo los títulos genéricos de historia política y social. ABSTRACT.-The authors of this contribution seek to provide an overview of the statistical sources concerning the social and political history of Spain during the last two centuries. Our aim is to supply a guide for those researchers employing a quantitative methodology or using figures as support or illustration of their work. The present contribution is organized in sections each of which corresponds to the different topics comprised under the general labels of political and social history

Recensiones [Revista de Historia Económica Año XVI Invierno 1998 n. 3 pp. 799-832]

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