Sanchez Alonso, BlancaSantiago Caballero, CarlosUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales2023-01-202023-01-202023-01-202341-2542https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36345Recent studies showed that Spanish republican exiles who travelled to Mexico to escape the effects and aftermath of the Spanish civil war were positively selected. However, the potential existence of regional differences in this positive selection needs to be addressed appropriately. Using a new dataset directly extracted from primary sources, we compare the heights of the republican exiles in Mexico with the estimations of those who stayed behind in their provinces of origin. We also study the existence of potential determinants to explain these differences. In addition to estimating how intense the loss of human capital was at the regional level, we also compare the heights of the republican exiles in Mexico with the heights of the Mexican population. Our results show significant regional differences in the positive selection of republican exiles. This was probably the consequence of the opportunities the local populations had to escape after the war started. We also show that Mexico was a place where Spanish migrants were able to obtain better occupations than their counterparts in Spain, meaning that although Mexico benefited from the arrival of a highly skilled labour force, it also provided republican exiles new opportunities.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaHeightsExileGenderWarworking paperD6J24N0N33O15EconomíaDT/0000002043