On Saturday, September 14th, during the 9th ASE Annual Meeting, the Editor in Chief of the Rivista di Storia Economica / Italian Review of Economic History (RSE / IREH), Michelangelo Vasta (University of Siena), announced the winner of the First Edition of the Gianni Toniolo Best Research Paper Prize.
This prestigious award, named in honour of the renowned economic historian Gianni Toniolo - who relaunched the Rivista forty years ago (1984) - recognizes outstanding research contributions in the field of economic history. The prize is awarded every two years to the author(s) of the best paper published in the journal. The winner receives a cash award of €2,000 and is celebrated at ASE Annual Meeting. This prize aims to encourage and highlight innovative and impactful research in economic history.
The prize was awarded to Giulia Mancini (University of Sassari) for her paper Gender discrimination and intra-household inequality in rural Italy, 1920s-1930s, published on RSE/IREH 3/2023).
The other finalist papers were:
Understanding pre-industrial wages and incomes: A reassessment of the evidence and new interpretations based on France and Italy, by Leonardo Ridolfi (RSE/IERH 1/2023);
Early railways and industrial development: Local evidence from Sardinia in 1871–1911, by Ugo M. Gragnolati, Luigi Moretti, and Roberto Ricciuti (RSE/IREH 3/2023).
Congratulations, Giulia! And thanks to all finalists for amazing research work.
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