Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia

About

Economic history, Historical demography

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Missing Girls in Historical Europe (funded by the Research Council of Norway; FRIPRO).

TEACHING

HIKU8863: Quantitative Methods for Historians (MA/PhD)

HIST8872: Digital Mapping for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (MA/PhD)

HIST2025: Digital History (BA)

HIST1505: Introduction to Historical Theory and Methods (BA)

PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS (BY TOPIC)

Female excess mortality in infancy and childhood

Life and death under son preference: Economic stress, fertility and early-life mortality in rural Spain, 1800-1910 (Working Paper with Francisco J. Marco-Gracia and Víctor A. Luque de Haro)

Son preference, maternal care and sex ratios at birth (Working Paper with Rebeca Echavarri)

Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861-1921, The Economic History Review (2023) (with Gabriele Cappelli)

Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900-1930, Cliometrica (2023) (with Rebeca Echavarri)

'Missing girls' in historical Europe: Reopening the debate, The History of the Family 27, 4 (2022): 619-657 (with Mikolaj Szoltysek)

Infant and child sex ratios in late Imperial Russia, The History of the Family 27, 4 (2022): 736-763 (with Viktor Malein)

Family patriarchy and child sex ratios in historical Europe, The History of the Family 27, 4 (2022): 702-735 (with Mikolaj Szoltysek, Bartosz Ogórek and Siegfried Gruber)

Assessing gender discrimination during infancy and childhood using twins: The case of rural Spain, 1750-1950, The History of the Family 27, 4 (2022): 658-678 (with Francisco J. Marco-Gracia)

Sex ratios and gender discrimination in Modern Greece, Population Studies 76, 2 (2022): 329-346 (with Michail Raftakis).

Inferring "missing girls" from child sex ratios in historical census data, Historical Methods: Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 55, 2 (2022): 98-121 (with Mikolaj Szoltysek, Bartosz Ogórek and Siegfried Gruber)

Death, sex and fertility: Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950, European Review of Economic History 26, 2 (2022): 234-254 (with Francisco Marco-Gracia).

Son preference, gender discrimination and missing girls in rural Spain, 1750-1950, Population and Development Review 47, 3 (2021): 665-687 (with Francisco Marco-Gracia).

Sex ratios and missing girls in late-19th-century Europe (Working Paper).

What explains the missing girls in 19th-century Spain?, Economic History Review 73, 1 (2020): 59-77 (with Domingo Gallego-Martínez).

Where are the missing girls? Gender discrimination in 19th century Spain, Explorations in Economic History 66 (2017), pp. 117-126. (with Domingo Gallego-Martínez).

Education

Lordships, state capacity and beyond: Literacy rates in mid-19th-century Valencia (Working Paper with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Alicia Gómez-Tello, Julio Martínez-Galarraga, and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat).

La alfabetización en el mundo urbano espanol, 1860-1930, in L.E. Otero Carvajal and S. de Miguel Salanova (eds.), La educación en Espana. El salto adelante, 1900-1930 (Madrid: Catarata). (with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat)

The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860-1930, History of Education (with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat).

Class, literacy and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905, The History of the Family 26, 1 (2021), pp. 149-172 (with Santiago de Miguel Salanova).

Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930, Revista de Historia Económica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History (with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat).

Capital humano y desigualdad territorial. El proceso de alfabetización en los municipios españoles desde la Ley Moyano hasta la Guerra Civil (Banco de España: Estudios de Historia Económica 74, 2019) (with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat).

Inequality and education in pre-industrial economies: Evidence from Spain, Explorations in Economic History 69 (2018), pp. 81-101 (with Julio Martínez-Galarraga).

Migrants’ self-selection in the early stages of modern economic growth, Spain (1880–1930), Economic History Review 70, 1 (2017), pp. 101-121. (with Santiago de Miguel Salanova).

Enclosing literacy? Common lands and human capital in Spain, 1860-1930, Journal of Institutional Economics 9, 4 (2013), pp. 491-515.

Population, inequality and economic growth

The roots of land inequality in Spain (Working Paper with Alfonso Díez-Minguela, Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Daniel Tirado-Fabregat).

The shadow of cities: size, location and the long-term spatial distribution of population in Spain, The Annals of Regional Science 66 (2021): 729-753 (with Julio Martínez-Galarraga and Alfonso Díez-Minguela).

Inequality and growth in a developing economy: Evidence from regional data (Spain, 1860-1930), Social Science History 44, 1 (2020): 169-192 (with Julio Martínez-Galarraga).

Tracing the Evolution of Agglomeration Economies: Spain, 1860-1991, Journal of Economic History 78, 1 (2018), pp. 81-117 (with Alfonso Díez-Minguela and Julio Martínez-Galarraga).

Agricultural Development

Revisiting Allen's nitrogen hypothesis from a climate perspective (1645-1740) (Working Paper with José Luis Martínez-González).

Communal hopes and land reform in rural Spain, 1931-1936 (with Iñaki Iriarte and José Miguel Lana).

En torno al comunal en España: Una agenda de investigación llena de retos y promesas, in D. Soto Fernández and J.M. Lana Berasáin (eds.), Del pasado al futuro como problema: La historia agraria contemporánea española en el siglo XXI (Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, 2018: pp. 145-162) (link to the working paper).

Common lands and economic development in Spain, Revista de Historia Económica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History 34, 1 (2016), pp. 111-133.

Commons and the standard of living debate in Spain, 1860-1930', Cliometrica 9, 1 (2015), pp. 27-48.

"Goth and Vandals" or "Civilised" peasants? Common lands and agricultural productivity in Spain, 1900-1930, Social Science History 39, 2 (2015), pp. 217-252.

Social and environmental filters to market incentives: Common land persistence in 19th century Spain, Journal of Agrarian Change 15, 2 (2015), pp. 239-260.

Commons, Social Capital and the Emergence of Agricultural Cooperatives in Early 20th Century Spain, European Review of Economic History 16 (2012), pp. 511-528.

Publications

2023

Echavarri, Rebeca; Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2023) Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900–1930. Cliometrica
Academic article
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Cappelli, Gabriele. (2023) Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861–1921. The Economic History Review
Academic article
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Gómez-Tello, Alicia. (2023) Local institutions and human capital formation in pre-industrial societies: evidence from Valencia. European Review of Economic History
Academic article

2022

Palacios-Mateo, Adrian; Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Sandvik, Pål Thonstad. (2022) Education, Industrialisation and the Mining Sector: Spain, 1860-1924. Doctoral theses at NTNU (86)
Doctoral dissertation
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso. (2022) LA ALFABETIZACIÓN EN EL MUNDO URBANO ESPAÑOL, 1860-1930.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Malein, Viktor. (2022) Infant and child sex ratios in late Imperial Russia. The History of the Family
Academic article
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Insa-Sanchez, Pau; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel. (2022) LA EDUCACIÓN EN EL ESTADO LIBERAL (1857-1901): ENTRE LA UNIVERSALIZACIÓN Y LA GESTIÓN PRIVADA. Editorial Comares
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Szoltysek, Mikolaj. (2022) ‘Missing girls’ in historical Europe: reopening the debate. The History of the Family
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Marco-Gracia, Francisco. (2022) Assessing gender discrimination during infancy and childhood using twins: The case of rural Spain, 1750-1950. The History of the Family
Academic article
Szoltysek, Mikolaj; Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Ogórek, Bartosz; Gruber, Siegfried. (2022) Family patriarchy and child sex ratios in historical Europe. The History of the Family
Academic article
Szoltysek, Mikolaj; Ogórek, Bartosz; Gruber, Siegfried; Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Inferring “missing girls” from child sex ratios in historical census data. Historical Methods
Academic article
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Szoltysek, Mikolaj. (2022) 30 years after Sen’s “missing girls”: Reconsidering the experience of historical Europe. Taylor & Francis Group The History of the Family (4)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Sex ratios and missing girls in historical Europe. Long-run Health Matters
Popular scientific article

2021

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Marco-Gracia, Francisco. (2021) Death, sex, and fertility: female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950. European Review of Economic History
Academic article
BeltrÃ¡n Tapia, Francisco Javier; Marco-Gracia, Francisco. (2021) Death, sex and fertility: Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950. Positive Check
Popular scientific article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Raftakis, Michail. (2021) Sex ratios and gender discrimination in Modern Greece. Population Studies
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel. (2021) The uneven transition towards universal literacy in Spain, 1860–1930. History of Education
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel. (2021) Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930. Revista de Historia Económica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History (RHE-JILAEH)
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Marco-Gracia, Francisco. (2021) Son preference, gender discrimination and missing girls in rural Spain, 1750-1950. Population and Development Review
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martinez-Galarraga, Julio. (2021) The shadow of cities: size, location and the spatial distribution of population. The annals of regional science
Academic article

2020

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) La economía española en tiempos de pandemia.
Multimedia product
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; de Miguel Salanova, Santiago. (2020) Class, literacy and social mobility: Madrid, 1880–1905. The History of the Family
Academic article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) La Gripe Española de 1918.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Sex ratios and missing girls in 19th-century Greece. Positive Check
Popular scientific article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) ¿Infanticidio femenino en la España del siglo XIX?. Nada es Gratis
Popular scientific article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Discriminación de género en la infancia. El caso español, 1750-1950. Nada es Gratis
Popular scientific article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Sex ratios and missing girls in nineteenth century Europe. The Long Run
Popular scientific article
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio. (2020) Inequality and Growth in a Developing Economy: Evidence from Regional Data (Spain, 1860-1930). Social Science History
Academic article

2019

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel. (2019) Capital humano y desigualdad territorial. El proceso de alfabetización en los municipios españoles desde la ley Moyano hasta la Guerra Civil. Estudios de Historia Económica (74)
Academic monograph

Books

Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Szoltysek, Mikolaj. (2022) 30 years after Sen’s “missing girls”: Reconsidering the experience of historical Europe. Taylor & Francis Group The History of the Family (4)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado-Fabregat, Daniel. (2019) Capital humano y desigualdad territorial. El proceso de alfabetización en los municipios españoles desde la ley Moyano hasta la Guerra Civil. Estudios de Historia Económica (74)
Academic monograph

Part of book/report

Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso. (2022) LA ALFABETIZACIÓN EN EL MUNDO URBANO ESPAÑOL, 1860-1930.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; Insa-Sanchez, Pau; Martínez-Galarraga, Julio; Tirado Fabregat, Daniel. (2022) LA EDUCACIÓN EN EL ESTADO LIBERAL (1857-1901): ENTRE LA UNIVERSALIZACIÓN Y LA GESTIÓN PRIVADA. Editorial Comares
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) La Gripe Española de 1918.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) En torno al comunal en España: Una agenda de investigación llena de retos y promesas.
Chapter

Report

Palacios-Mateo, Adrian; Beltran Tapia, Francisco Javier; Sandvik, Pål Thonstad. (2022) Education, Industrialisation and the Mining Sector: Spain, 1860-1924. Doctoral theses at NTNU (86)
Doctoral dissertation

PRODUKT

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) La economía española en tiempos de pandemia.
Multimedia product

Teaching

Courses

Media

2022

Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Were there "missing girls" in Liberal Italy? Evidence from a new dataset, 1861-1921. Second Norwegian Historical Demography Conference 2022-01-17 - 2022-01-18
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Economic development, female wages and missing female births in Spain, 1900-1930. World Economic History Congress 2022-07-25 - 2022-07-29
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Demography, economy and missing girls in 18th-century Spain. Conference "Sex ratios and missing girls in history" 2022-05-05 - 2022-05-06
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Life and death under son preference. Effect of economic shocks on the fertility and mortality in rural Spain from a gender perspective, 1750-1950. World Economic History Congress 2022-07-25 - 2022-07-29
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Common lands and education in 19th-century Spain: an individual-level analysis. World Economic History Congress 2022-07-25 - 2022-07-29
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Were there missing girls in Liberal Italy? Evidence from a new dataset, 1861-1921. Economic History Society Annual Conference 2022-04-01 - 2022-04-03
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2022) Demography and literacy in pre-industrial Spain. Economic History Society Annual Conference 2022-04-01 - 2022-04-03

2021

Lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier; Kalaitzidou, Eftychia; Kovacevic, Marko. (2021) "Missing girls in Historical Europe". Uit Norske Historiedager , Tromsø 2021-09-03 - 2021-09-05
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Missing Girls in Historical Europe: an East-West Comparison. European Social Science History Conference 2021-03-24 - 2021-03-27
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Mapping social class, schooling and literacy in late-19th-century Madrid. HumGIS Seminar, University of Oslo 2021-04-29 - 2021-04-29
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Missing girls in historical Europe. Business History Seminar, BI Norwegian Business School 2021-04-22 - 2021-04-22
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Doing Research using Digital Mapping and GIS techniques. Digital Humanities Lab, Faculty of Humanities, NTNU 2021-05-11 - 2021-05-11
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Digital Mapping and GIS Techniques in Humanities Research. ILU, NTNU Seminar "Narrative across Media" 2021-04-08 - 2021-04-08
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Gender discrimination in infancy and childhood during the 1891/92 Russian famine. Online Seminar "Sex Ratios and Missing Girls in History" 2021-01-21 - 2021-01-21
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Missing girls in historical Europe: The case of Spain, 1750-1950. Norwegian Demographic Society Seminar 2021-02-09 - 2021-02-09
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Poverty, inequality and education in pre-industrial Spain: A new perspective from individual-level data. The rise of education in historical perspective 2021-03-16 - 2021-03-16
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2021) Gender Discrimination at Birth, Infancy and Childhood in 19th-Century Spain. Department of Economics, Yale University Yale - Economic History Workshop 2021-03-15 - 2021-03-15

2020

Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Sex ratios and missing girls in late-19th-century Europe. Online Seminar "Sex ratios and missing girls in history" 2020-10-07 - 2020-10-07
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) ‘All little girls, the bad luck!’ Sex ratios and gender discrimination in 19th-century Greece. Online Seminar "Sex ratios and missing girls in history" 2020-10-21 - 2020-10-21
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Secondary sex ratios from historical census microdata: New evidence on Europe’s missing girls, 1700-1926. Online Seminar "Sex ratios and missing girls in history" 2020-12-09 - 2020-12-09
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Missing girls in historical Europe. Economics Seminar, University of Siena 2020-02-20 - 2020-02-20
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Sex ratios and missing girls in history. Economics Seminar, NTNU 2020-09-03 - 2020-09-03
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Missing girls in historical Europe. Seminar, Center for Gender Studies, NTNU 2020-06-04 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Sex, death and fertility. Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950. Modern History Seminar, NTNU 2020-03-02 - 2020-03-02
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Death, sex and fertility: Female infanticide in rural Spain, 1750-1950. Online Seminar "Sex ratios and missing girls in history" 2020-11-04 - 2020-11-04
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2020) Inferring "missing girls" from child sex ratios in European historical census data: A conservative approach. Online Seminar - Sex Ratios and Missing Girls in History 2020-12-09 - 2020-12-09

2019

Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Sex ratios and missing girls in 19th-century Europe. Queen's University Center for Economic History QUCEH Economic History Seminars , Belfast 2019-10-25 - 2019-10-25
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Missing girls in historical Europe. Scandinavian Economic History Conference , Uppsala 2019-10-10 - 2019-10-12
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Sex ratios and missing girls in 19th-century Europe. Asociación de Demografía Histórica Conference 2019-09-04 - 2019-09-07
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Sex ratios and missing girls in 19th-century Europe. 14th Sound Economic History Workshop 2019-06-05 - 2019-06-06
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Missing girls in 19th-century Spain. Workshop Missing girls in historical records 2019-07-12 - 2019-07-12
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2019) Sex ratios and missing girls in 19th-century Europe: What can we learn from individual-level data?. Norwegian Historical Demography Workshop 2019-12-02 - 2019-12-03

2018

Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Class, schooling and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905. 13th Sound Economic History Workshop , Gothenburg University 2018-09-06 - 2019-09-07
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Class, schooling and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905. Norwegian University of Science and Technology History Seminar 2018-05-23 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Education in 19th-century Spain. Norwegian University of Science and Technology Economics Seminar 2018-01-25 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Literacy and schooling in Madrid, 1880-1905. Vienna University of Economics and Business Economic History Seminar 2018-01-30 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Education, schooling and social mobility in Madrid, 1880-1905. University of Valencia Economics Seminar 2018-02-22 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Education, class and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905. University of Barcelona Economic History Seminar 2018-02-21 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Class, schooling and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905. University of Vigo Economics Seminar 2018-02-19 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2018) Class, schooling and social mobility: Madrid, 1880-1905. University of Oxford Conference in Honour of Jane Humphries 2018-04-19 - 2018-04-20

2017

Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2017) Where are the missing girls? Gender discrimination in 19th-century Spain. University of Cambridge Agricliometrics Conference 2017-04-03 - 2017-04-04
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2017) Common lands and economic development in Spain. Norwegian University of Science and Technology Fate of Nations Conference 2017-03-03 - 2017-03-04
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2017) Education in Madrid, 1880-1905. University of Zaragoza Economic History Seminar 2017-12-20 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2017) Where are the missing girls? Gender discrimination in 19th-century Spain. Public University of Navarra Economics Seminar 2017-02-08 -
Academic lecture

Beltrán Tapia, Francisco Javier. (2017) Where are the missing girls? Gender discrimination in 19th-century Spain. University of Cambridge Economic History Seminar 2017-02-15 -

Språkvelger

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