Bocconi University, Room 22, Via Sarfatti 25, Milan
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Programme:
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)
TWEAKING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: PRODUCTIVITY, LIVING STANDARDS, AND HUMAN CAPITAL
CORMAC Ó GRÁDA (University College, Dublin)
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)
For information: dondenaresearch@unibocconi.it
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