@article{ec372e8d54664c0984fd1d83cdc7fc1c,
title = "Inequality, low-intensity immigration and human capital formation in the regions of Chile, 1820-1939",
abstract = "This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents received the necessary education to make full use of their talent for the regional economy, especially in the south in the early period. However, Chile became slightly less unequal over time and more numerate during the late 19th century. In addition, we study the correlates of low-intensity immigration in Chile. Regions with a relatively high share of North European migrants developed faster in terms of numeracy.",
keywords = "Chile, Human Capital, Immigration, Inequality, Numeracy, Regions",
author = "Joerg Baten and Manuel Llorca-Ja{\~n}a",
note = "Funding Information: We thank for financial support Anillos ANID PIASOC180001; Fondecyt Regular1180005; Red Tem{\'a}tica PHA-HIS. RED2018-102413-T; and the German Science Foundation, grant SFB 1070 “ResourceCultures”, project B06. We are grateful to Larissa Zimmermann, Fabian Wulfrath and Javier Rivas for research assistance. We thank the Church of the Latter Day Saints for providing the data on this internet site, which can also be used for scholarly research (see, for example, earlier studies by Clark et al. 2015). We approached this site in November 14th, 2019. Citation: “Chile, Registro Civil, 1885-1932.” Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org: 18 December 2019. Registro Civil Archivo General (Record Office General Archives), Santiago. Funding Information: We thank for financial support Anillos ANID PIA SOC180001 ; Fondecyt Regular 1180005 ; Red Tem{\'a}tica PHA-HIS . RED2018-102413-T ; and the German Science Foundation , grant SFB 1070 “ResourceCultures”, project B06. We are grateful to Larissa Zimmermann, Fabian Wulfrath and Javier Rivas for research assistance. We thank the Church of the Latter Day Saints for providing the data on this internet site, which can also be used for scholarly research (see, for example, earlier studies by Clark et al., 2015 ). We approached this site in November 14th, 2019. Citation: {"} Chile, Registro Civil, 1885-1932 .{"} Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 December 2019. Registro Civil Archivo General (Record Office General Archives), Santiago. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101030",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
journal = "Economics and Human Biology",
issn = "1570-677X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}