Abstract During the Risorgimento (1800–61), southern Italy was less industrial than central‐
northern Italy and initially agricultural provinces in the north saw rapid structural …

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 …

The new sectoral estimates of industrial production in 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911 are
regionally allocated using census labor-force data. The regional aggregates suggest that the …

This article provides a picture of economic inequality in northwestern Italy (Piedmont), 1300–
1800. Regional studies of this kind are rare, and none has as long a timescale. The new …

Italy became politically unified between 1859 and 1870, after three independence wars and
a military campaign known as the Expedition of the Thousand. At the time of unification, the …

Economic development in Sicily, Tuscany, and Lombardy between the early fourteenth
century and the mid sixteenth was shaped by institutional innovations, particularly in town …

information on wages has never been exploited in the longlasting debate on north-south
disparities in italy in the aftermath of the national Unification. the present article is based on …

This article presents estimates of industrial production in post‐Unification Italy's 69 provinces
in the census years 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911. Initially industry was largely artisanal, and …

The article presents updated estimates of GDP per capita, productivity, and employment for
Italy's regions, at the NUTS II level and at current borders, for the whole economy and its …

This volume in the New Studies in Economic and Social History series examines Italy's
transformation from a largely rural state in the nineteenth century to today's industrial …