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SUMMARY:Land Access Inequality and Education in Pre-industrial Spain - Dr 
 Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia (with Julio Martínez-Galarraga) (Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:This paper analyses information from the 464 districts existen
 t in mid-19th century Spain and confirms that there is a negative relation
 ship between land access inequality and literacy rates. This result does n
 ot disappear when a large set of potential confounding factors are include
 d in the analysis. The use of the Reconquest as a quasi-natural experiment
  allows us to rule out further concerns about potential endogeneity. Likew
 ise\, by employing data on schooling enrolment rates and number of teacher
 s\, this paper explores the mechanisms behind the observed relationship in
  order to ascertain to which extent demand or supply factors are responsib
 le for it. Lastly\, the gender composition of the data\, which enables dis
 tinguishing between female and male literacy levels\, together with boys a
 nd girls schooling enrolment rates\, is also examined.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 5\, Faculty of History
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