This chapter discusses the main determinants behind the pattern of Italy's regional
inequality. Regional income inequality was on the rise from around unification until the end …

By making the most of a newly-available large set of historical statistics, the paper outlines
the main features of Italy's modern economic growth from unification (1861) until the present …

Regional differentials in per capita income and labour productivity in Italy is one of the most
notable cases of regional inequality and have attracted attention from economists from all …

The particular development of the Italian regional disparities and North–South inequality is
correlated with the structural change which came about during the process of …

Reducing regional inequality was one of the key means of promoting the" harmonious
development" within Europe envisioned in the EEC Treaty of 1957. The pursuit of" …

After the Three Italies develops a new political economy approach to the analysis of
comparative regional development and the territorial division of labour and exemplifies it …

Italy's regional inequalities are more substantial and persistent than any other European
country. They pertain to fundamental economic indicators (income, productivity …

In 150 years, the trends in regional disparities in economic development within Italy have
differed depending on whether they are gauged by longitude or by latitude. The disparities …

This research note presents and compares some first findings obtained by the project
EINITE-Economic Inequality across Italy and Europe, 1300-1800. The main aim of the …

1. In this special issue of PEJEP we contribute to the debate on the development of the
Mezzogiorno 1; as well known, it is an area of significant size: 124,000 square kilometers …