Towns and rural industrialisation in Sweden 1850-1890: A spatial statistical approach

Sandgren, Fredrik,1967-Uppsala universitet,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen (author)

Using a spatial statistical analysis we study the relation between rural industrial employment and distance to towns and access to communications in nineteenth century Sweden. Our results show that rural parishes with access to communicationshad a higher proportion of rural industrial workers than parishes without. In a region with few towns, the south-east of Sweden, parishes close to large towns had a higher proportion of industrial employees than distant parishes in1850, while no significant correlation was observed in 1890. In a region with arelatively dense urban system, Mälardalen, only in 1890 did parishes close to large towns show a higher proportion of rural industrial workers than did more distant parishes. However, the mean positive effect was negligible beyond 10 km. Thus, in the second half of the nineteenth century the immediate urban hinterland was industrialising prior to large scale urbanisation and urban industrialisation.

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Ekonomi och näringsliv Ekonomisk historia hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Economics and Business Economic History hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Ekonomi och näringsliv hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Economics and Business hsv//eng
spatial statistical analysis; rural industrialisation; regional development; urban-rural dynamics
Economic history
Ekonomisk historia
Ekonomisk historia
Economic History

Lindberg, ErikUppsala universitet,Historiska institutionen(Swepub:uu)erilindb (author)
Jonsson, Pernilla,1967-Uppsala universitet,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen(Swepub:uu)pernjons (author)
Snäll, TordSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för ekologi,Department of Ecology,Inst. för Ekologi, SLU(Swepub:slu)50511 (author)
Uppsala universitetEkonomisk-historiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

In:Scandinavian Economic History ReviewLondon : Routledge57:3, s. 229-2510358-55221750-2837

By the author/editor: Sandgren, Fredri ...; Lindberg, Erik; Jonsson, Pernill ...; Snäll, Tord

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SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Economics and Bu ...; and Economic History

By the university: Uppsala University; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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