Human capital
Human capital in Europe, 1830s – 1930s: A general survey
Cappelli, G.; Ridolfi, L.; Vasta, M; Westberg, J. (2025)
Journal of Economic Surveys, 39(2), 453-488
Age heaping and its discontents: A response to Baten, Benati, and Ferber
A’Hearn, B.; Delfino, A.; Nuvolari, A. (2022)
The Economic History Review, 75(3), pp. 972-980
Whither education? The long shadow of preunification school systems into Italy’s Liberal Age (1961-1911)
Bozzano, M.; Cappelli, G; Vasta, M.
The Journal of Economic History 84(1) (2024): pp.149-190.
Rethinking age heaping: a cautionary tale from nineteenth-century Italy
A’Hearn, B.; Delfino, A.; Nuvolari, A. (2021)
The Economic History Review, 75(1), pp. 111-137
Female teachers and the rise of primary education in Italy and Spain, 1861-1921: evidence from a new dataset
Cappelli, G.; Quiroga Valle; G. (2021)
The Economic History Review, 74(3), pp. 754-783
Il capitale umano: il fattore mancante dello sviluppo economico italiano
Cappelli, G.; Vasta, M. (2021)
in M. D’Alberti, F. Amatori (ed.), L’impresa italiana, vol. II (Temi e problemi), Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, pp. 673-690
A ‘Silent Revolution’: school reforms and Italy’s educational gender gap in the Liberal Age (1861-1921)
Cappelli, G.; Vasta, M. (2021)
Cliometrica, 15(1), pp. 203-229
Literacy in the Italian census of 1911: disaggregating the data
Ciccarelli, C.; A’Hearn, B. (2021)
Rivista di Storia Economica, 2021(1), pp. 63-90
The Legacy of Literacy: Evidence from Italian Regions
Basile, R.; Ciccarelli, C.; Groote, P. (2020)
Regional Studies, 56(5), pp. 794-807
Italy’s history of education: towards an interdisciplinary approach
Cappelli, G. (2020)
Rivista di storia economica, 36(2), pp. 127-137
Quite a visible hand? State funding and primary education in 19th-century France and Italy
Cappelli, G (2020)
Revue d’Economie Politique, 130(1), pp. 77-105
Can school centralization foster human capital accumulation? A quasi-experiment from early twentieth-century Italy
Cappelli, G.; Vasta, M. (2020)
The Economic History Review, 73(1), pp. 159-184
A Struggling Nation Since Its Founding? Liberal Italy and the Cost of Neglecting Primary Education
Cappelli, G. (2019)
in J. Westberg, L. Boser, I. Brühwiler (eds.), School Acts and the Rise of Mass Schooling: Education Policy in the Long Nineteenth Century, London, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 223-251
Divergence in the end? Decomposing income inequality across Italy’s regions, 1871-2011
Cappelli, G.; Felice, E.; Martinez-Galarraga, J.; Tirado, D.A. (2019)
Rivista di Storia Economica, 2019(1), pp. 3-35
Pioneering into the Past: Regional Literacy Development in Italy before Italy
Ciccarelli C.; Weisdorf J. (2019)
European Review of Economic History, 23(3), pp. 329-364
Divergent paths to mass schooling at Europe’s poles? Regional differences in Italy and Sweden, 1840-1900
Westberg, J.; Cappelli, G. (2019)
Bildungsgeschichte, 9(1), pp. 11-28
Real wages
From the little divergence to the little divide: Real wages in the Kingdom of Sicily (1540‒1850)
T. Buscemi (2025)
Economic History Review, 78(2), pp. 646-672
The Race between the Snail and the Tortoise: Skill Premium and Early Industrialization in Italy (1861-1913)
Federico, G.; Nuvolari, A.; Ridolfi, L.; Vasta, M. (2021)
Cliometrica, 15(1), pp. 1-42
The Origins of the Italian Regional Divide: Evidence from Real Wages, 1861-1913
Federico, G.; Nuvolari, A.; Vasta, M. (2019)
Journal of Economic History, 79(1), pp. 63-98
Innovative activity
Rails of Progress? Exploring the nexus between railroad access and innovation in Italy (19th-20th centuries)
Martinez M.; Nuvolari A.;Vasta M. (2025)
Explorations in Economic History, 98,101718
Patenting the “Risorgimento”: Economic Integration and the Formation of the Italian Patent System
Nuvolari, A.; Vasta, M. (2021)
Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 60(1), pp. 93-122
The Italian Patent System during the Long Nineteenth Century: from Privileges to Property Rights in a Latecomer Industrializing Country
Nuvolari, A.; Vasta, M. (2020)
in G. Gooday, S. Wilf (eds.), Patent Cultures. Diversity and Harmonization in Historical Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 147-165.
Agent based models
The North-South Divide: Sources of Divergence, Policies for Convergence
Fanti L.; Pereira M. C.; Virgillito M. E.
Journal of Policy Modeling, 45(2), 405-429.
Technological paradigms, labour creation and destruction in a multi-sector agent-based model
Dosi, G.; Pereira, M.C.; Roventini, A; Virgillito, M.E. (2022)
Research Policy, 51(10), 104565.
Neodualism in the Italian business firms: training, organizational capabilities and productivity distributions
Dosi, G.; Guarascio, D.; Ricci, A; Virgillito, M.E. (2021)
Small Business Economics, 57, pp. 167-189
The impact of deunionization on the growth and dispersion of productivity and pay
Dosi, G.; Freeman, R.; Pereira, M.C.; Roventini, A.; Virgillito, M.E. (2020)
Industrial and Corporate Change, 30(2), pp. 377-408
Anatomy of the Italian occupational structure: concentrated power and distributed knowledge
Cetrulo, A.; Guarascio, D.; Virgillito, M.E. (2020)
Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(6), pp.1345-1379
Alle radici della stagnazione: Una tassonomia della struttura produttiva italiana
Costa, S.; De Santis, S.; Dosi, G.; Monducci, R.; Sbardella, A.; Virgillito, M.E. (2020)
Economia Italiana, 2020(2), pp. 73-122
Economic growth (general and miscellaneous issues)
No revenge of the places that don’t matter? Evidence from Italy’s Cassa per il Mezzogiorno
T. Buscemi (2025)
Cliometrica, Forthcoming
Italy’s long-term economic performance: GDP estimates from 1300 to 1861
Federico, G., Nuvolari, A., Ridolfi, L., & Vasta, M. (2024)
The Economic History Review. Forthcoming
Wars, Depression, and Fascism: Income, Inequality in Italy, 1900-1950
Gomez Leon, M.; Gabbuti, G. (2025)
Explorations in Economic History, 98(2)
Italy in wide-angle: Workforce, emigration, population and GDP at the provincial level in Republican Italy (1951-1991)
Chiaiese, D., & Ciriotto, V. (2024)
Rivista di Storia Economica/Italian Review of Economic History.
A historical Italian local population dataset (ITPOP), 1861-1921
T. Buscemi and P. Insa-Sánchez (2024)
Rivista di Storia Economica/Italian Review of Economic History, 40(2), pp.129-152
Provincial estimates of the Italian value-added in the Liberal Age, 1871-1911.
Chiaiese, D. (2024), 40(1), 3-42.
Rivista di Storia Economica/Italian Review of Economic History
Risk management in traditional agriculture: Intercropping in Italian wine production
Federico, G.; Martinelli Lasheras, P. (2024)
European Review of Economic History, 28(2), 193-224.
From organizational capabilities to corporate performances: at the roots of productivity slowdown
Costa, S.; De Santis, S.; Dosi, G.; Monducci, R.; Sbardella, A; Virgillito, M.E. (2023)
Industrial and Corporate Change, 32(6), 1217-1244.
Specialize or diversify? And in What? Trade composition, quality of specialization and persistent growth
Dosi, G.; Riccio, F.; Virgillito, M.E. (2022)
Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(2), 301-337.
Vanishing social classes? Facts and figures of the Italian labour market
Cetrulo, A.; Sbardella, A.; Virgillito, M.E. (2023)
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 33(1), 97-148.
The Italian coal shortage: the price of import and distribution, 1861–1911
Licio, V. (2023)
Cliometrica, 17(3), 501-532.
Benchmarking the Middle Ages: fifteenth century Tuscany in European perspective
Van Zanden, J.L.; Felice, E. (2022)
European Review of Economic History, 26(4), pp. 535-554
Evolving gaps: Occupational structure in southern and northern Italy, 1400–1861
Chilosi, D.; Ciccarelli, C. (2022)
The Economic History Review, 75(4), pp. 1349-1378
The History of Rail Transport
Ciccarelli, C.; Giuntini, A.; Groote, P. (2021)
in R.W. Vickerman (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Elsevier
Technological paradigms, labour creation and destruction in a multi-sector agent-based model
Dosi, G.; Pereira, M.C.; Roventini, A; Virgillito, M.E. (2022)
Research Policy, 51(10), 104565.
How hard is it to maximize profit? Evidence from a 19th-century Italian state monopoly
Ciccarelli, C.; De Fraja, G.; Tiezzi, S. (2021)
Oxford Economic Papers, 73(2), pp. 879-902
Early Development of Italian Railways and Industrial Growth: A Regional Analysis
Ciccarelli, C.; Magazzino, C.; Marcucci, E., (2021)
Research in Transportation Economics, 88, pp. 1-19
Kaldor Facts’ and the Decline of Wage Share: an Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent Model of Induced Technical Change along Classical and Keynesian Lines
Fanti, L. (2021)
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 31(2), pp. 379-415
Labor shares and inequality: insights from Italian economic history, 1895–1970
Gabbuti, G. (2021)
European Review of Economic History, 25(2), pp. 355-378
Public investment and growth: Lessons learned from 60-years experience in Southern Italy
Papagni, E.; Lepore, A.; Felice, E.; Baraldi, A.L.; Alfano, M.R. (2021)
Journal of Policy Modeling, 43(2), pp. 376-393
A tale of two Italies: “access-orders” and the Italian regional divide
Di Martino, P.; Felice, E.; Vasta, M. (2020)
Scandinavian Economic History Review, 68(1), pp. 1-22
Economia e società. Il divario Nord-Sud all’Unità
Felice, E. (2019)
Meridiana. Rivista di storia e scienze sociali, 95(2), pp. 39-62.
Rethinking the take-off: the role of services in the new economic history of Italy (1861-1951)
Felice, E. (2019)
Cliometrica, 13(3), pp. 405-442
The roots of a dual equilibrium: GDP, productivity and structural change in the Italian regions in the long-run (1871-2011)
Felice, E. (2019)
European Review of Economic History, 23(4), pp. 499-528
Alla ricerca delle origini del declino economico italiano
Felice, E.; Nuvolari, A.; Vasta, M. (2019)
L’Industria, 40(2), pp. 197-222
Editoriale. Il declino dell’economia italiana. Una riflessione che parte dal pensiero di Marcello De Cecco.
Felice, E., Pagano, U. (2019)
L’Industria, 40(2), pp. 185-196.