Economic Development in Italy from the middle ages to today - a regional perspective

9:00AM
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
 

9:15AM
WELCOME ADDRESS
MARCO BONETTI
Director, Dondena Center, Bocconi University
 

9:30-11:00AM
SESSION I: REAL WAGES, POPULATION AND HEIGHTS
CHAIR
JACOB WEISDORF (Sapienza University, Rome)

UNVEILING THE ROOTS OF REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN ITALY: EVIDENCE FROM REAL WAGES, 1300-1860
GABRIELE CAPPELLI (University of Siena), LEONARDO RIDOLFI (University of Siena), MICHELANGELO VASTA (University of Siena)

POPULATION, URBANIZATION AND POPULATION DENSITY
GUIDO ALFANI (Bocconi University),
SONIA SCHIFANO (Bocconi University)

THE HEIGHTS OF ITALIANS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO UNIFICATION
MAURO ROTA (Sapienza University, Rome), FRANCESCO FIORE MELACRINIS (Bocconi University)
 

11:00-11:30AM
COFFEE BREAK
 

11:30AM-1:00PM
SESSION II: SOUTHERN ITALY AND THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE
CHAIR
GUIDO ALFANI (Bocconi University)

GEO-DESTINY: NATURAL HABITATION AND ITALY'S NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE
CARLA SALVO (Sapienza University, Rome), JACOB WEISDORF (Sapienza University, Rome)

POLITICAL ELITES, URBAN INSTITUTIONS AND LONG-RUN PERSISTENCE: THE KING-OWNED TOWNS OF SOUTH ITALY
ELISA BORGHI (Bocconi University),
DONATO MASCIANDARO (Bocconi University), GUIDO ALFANI (Bocconi University)

THE QUESTIONE MERIDIONALE: ELITES, EDUCATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY
GIOVANNI FEDERICO (NYUAD),
ALBERTO BISIN (NYU)
 

1:00-2:00PM
LUNCH BREAK

2:00-4:00PM
SESSION III: HUMAN CAPITAL AND REGIONAL VARIATIONS: ITALY AND BEYOND
CHAIR
MATTIA FOCHESATO (Bocconi University)

HUMAN CAPITAL DYNAMICS IN POST-UNIFICATION ITALY
GUIDO ALFANI (Bocconi University),
SONIA SCHIFANO (Bocconi University), SIMONE GHISLANDI (Bocconi University)

LONG-RUN CONVERGENCE IN HABSBURG REGIONS, 1870-2018
PHILIPP E. ERFURTH (United Nations, New York)

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ITALY, 1300-1860: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
GIOVANNI FEDERICO (NYUAD), ALESSANDRO NUVOLARI (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa),
LEONARDO RIDOLFI (University of Siena), MICHELANGELO VASTA (University of Siena)
 

4:00-4:30PM
COFFEE BREAK
 

4:30-5:30PM
SESSION IV: PLAUSIBLE DRIVING FORCES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAIR
DONATELLA STRANGIO (Sapienza University, Rome)

AGROTOWNS AND RURAL MANUFACTURING: DIRECT OCCUPATIONAL INSIGHTS FROM PRE-INDUSTRIAL ITALY
MATTIA FOCHESATO (Bocconi University), FRANCESCO BETTARINI (Bocconi University),
MICHELE BOLLA (University of Cambridge)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS OF COMMUNICATION IN ITALY FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO UNIFICATION
CARLO CICCARELLI (Tor Vergata University, Rome),
PETER GROOTE (University of Groningen), DAVID CHILOSI (King’s College London)

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