Mangos or bananas

How Mexico became Mexico

From a demographics point of view. I will leave the food for another occasion.

Sep 26 • javiero

4

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August 2026

About literacy and the concentration of land ownership in Andalusia

And the consensus view on Andalusian underdevelopment.

Aug 28 • javiero

4

8

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Did development aid work in Europe?

Analyzing the relationship between EU funds and economic growth

Aug 20 • javiero

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Latin American residents in Spain (second part)

A few more notes on Spain's northern belt.

Aug 13 • javiero

5

July 2026

Latin American migration to Spain. But the wrong century.

Analyzing data on 19th-century Latin American residents in Spain.

Jul 29 • javiero

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Sorry my friend, I don’t speak your language.

Do Brazilians not like Hollywood? Are Greeks going to watch Nolan’s Odyssey?

Jul 18 • javiero

3

A little slice of Non-Extremadura in the middle of Extremadura

Southern Spain is not just Andalusia.

Jul 9 • javiero

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2

June 2026

Literacy and schooling in Andalusia

Examining the most likely causal mechanism behind higher literacy.

Jun 29 • javiero

2

A little slice of Non-Andalusia in the middle of Andalusia

What happens when you put a bunch of non-Andalusians in Andalusia. Do they really become Andalusians?

Jun 20 • javiero

9

2

May 2026

One and a half centuries of academic performance in Spain

What regional illiteracy in 19th century Spain can tell us about 21st-century academic performance.

May 31 • javiero

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2

2

That time when thousands of middle- and upper-class Cubans fled from a Cuban revolution.

Brain drain or brain drains?

May 5 • javiero

2

1

April 2026

What can Cuban baseball players tell us about Cuban economic history?

A bit of Cuban economic and migration history.

Apr 24 • javiero

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