163941 20251113160752.0 doi 10.1111/ehr.70056 sideral 146110 ART-2025-146110 eng Luque de Haro, Víctor A. Social inequality in mortality in rural Spain (1860–2010): The role of education and human capital 2025 This study investigates the role of education in shaping social disparities in mortality in rural Spain over the past 150 years. On the basis of individual‐level life‐course microdata on around 40,000 individuals, it examines variables such as socio‐economic status, age at death, and various family, cultural, and environmental factors. An event history analysis tracks the lifespans of all individuals who died at age 25 or older in 17 villages. Our findings indicate that literacy and higher levels of education were positively associated with longevity. This beneficial effect extends in multiple directions: human capital not only enhanced individual longevity, but also improved the survival and wellbeing of children and parents. Therefore, investing in one's own or one's children's education boosted not only personal longevity, but also the wellbeing of those around them. The reasons behind these patterns could be diverse, including the ability to adapt lifestyles to medical and health advancements (evidenced by the intensified effect of literacy from the late nineteenth century when hygiene knowledge became widespread) and higher purchasing power, together with higher skill levels and less physically demanding occupations. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Marco-Gracia, Francisco J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8150-9823 4014 480 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. (2025), [37 pp.] Econ. hist. rev. ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW 0013-0117 Human Capital and longevity in rural Spain (Economic History Review 2025) https://zenodo.org/records/17054175 1801449 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/163941/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-10-17 1179117 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/163941/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-10-17 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:163941 articulos driver 2025-11-13-14:58:15 ARTICLE