Publication: Fluctuaciones de precios y dinámina demográfica en Cataluña (1600-1850)
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1997
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Alianza Editorial : Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (España)
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En el contexto de la demografía histórica regional española, la población
catalana se ha caracterizado por aunar los tempranos smtomas de la
modernización económica y social con los cambios demográficos. Este
artículo pretende evaluar la interrelación entre ambas dinámicas a lo largo
del período 1600-1850. Con este objetivo reúne series parroquiales y de
precios de un conjunto de localidades catalanas y cuantifica la magnitud de
la respuesta en el corto plazo de las series demográficas a las fluctuaciones
en los niveles de vida. Los resultados muestran: a) La persistencia secular
de un mayor efecto de las variaciones en los niveles de vida sobre la mortalidad
que sobre la fecundidad, b) La presencia, en primer lugar, de la
nupcialidad en el siglo XVIII y, en segundo, de la fecundidad, en la primera
mited del XIX, como aqueUas variables a través de las que la población catalana
intentará ajustar, en el corto plazo, la tensión entre población y recursos
producida en el proceso de crecimiento económico.
A common view in the Spanish population history has been to show the variety of its regional demographies. In this regional setting the population of Catalonia has been characterized by its early connection between economic and social modemization and demographical change. This article aims to evalúate these connections between economic and demographical dynamics in Catalonia in the pre-industrial era (1600-1850). Series of vital events and prices from a sample of Catalan villages have been collected and demographical responses to short run fluctuations in standards of living evaluated through lag time series models. The main results show: a) Leveis of mortality responses to fluctuations in standards of living are higher than levéis of fertility throughout two and a half centuries. b) Nuptiality, in the XVIII th century, and fertility, in the first half of XIX th century, are the demographical mechanisms applied by the Catalan population in order to avoid tensions between population and resources during the process of economic growth.
A common view in the Spanish population history has been to show the variety of its regional demographies. In this regional setting the population of Catalonia has been characterized by its early connection between economic and social modemization and demographical change. This article aims to evalúate these connections between economic and demographical dynamics in Catalonia in the pre-industrial era (1600-1850). Series of vital events and prices from a sample of Catalan villages have been collected and demographical responses to short run fluctuations in standards of living evaluated through lag time series models. The main results show: a) Leveis of mortality responses to fluctuations in standards of living are higher than levéis of fertility throughout two and a half centuries. b) Nuptiality, in the XVIII th century, and fertility, in the first half of XIX th century, are the demographical mechanisms applied by the Catalan population in order to avoid tensions between population and resources during the process of economic growth.
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XV Otoño-Invierno 1997 n. 3 pp. 507--544