The reconstruction of the historical national accounts for post-Unification Italy is proceeding. The national time …

In 150 years, the trends in regional disparities in economic development within Italy have differed depending on … then closed; the North-South gap, by contrast, remains the main open problem in the national history of Italy. This work … between southern and northern Italy, powered by rising productivity and structural change in the South. The last turning point …

In post-Unification Italy industrialization was ever sharply sub-regional. Initially industry was largely artisanal …

The biological standard of living in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century is analyzed using newly …

The article aims to present and discuss estimates of levels of human and social capital in Italy’s regions over the … inequality in Italy: convergence in value added per capita is tested in light of the neoclassical exogenous growth approach … growth in post-Unification Italy: It grew in importance only in the last decades. Conversely, human capital was more …

shaping the pattern of regional inequality, the importance of social capital, and the positioning of Italy in the …

in post-Unification Italy. The path of the national aggregate differs markedly from the extant series, which cover …