The socialists' "city of gold" : Valenza Po's jewelry industry from the 1890s to the fascist era -- Negotiating the economic miracle : Valenza Po's jewelry industry in the post-World War II decades -- From craftsmen to craftsmen : the development of Vicenza's jewelry industry -- A pyramid of...

This volume brings together a set of classic essays by Domenico Sella in which he reassesses the economic fortunes of Northern Italy, in particular Lombardy and Venice, during the 16th and 17th centuries

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical...