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SE 15-16 week 9

Esercitazione del 10 maggio 2016

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Slides ottava settimana

SE 15-16 week 8

Prova finale (24 maggio 2016)

La prova finale, riservata a coloro che hanno superato la prova intermedia, si svolgerà in Aula Caparrelli B dalle 12 alle 13.30 per le matricole 00-24 e alle ore 13.30 per le matricole 25-49. L’iscrizione non è necessaria: coloro che sostengono la prova NON si iscrivano all’appello “regolare” del 1 giugno 2016. Verrà creato un apposito appello a cui iscriversi quando sarà comunicato l’esito delle due prove.

Slides settima settimana

SE 15-16 week 7

Esercitazione del 3 maggio 2016

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Economic History course for Phd in Economics 2015-16

The main idea of this course is to present a broad introduction to different fields of research – both on macroeconomic and microeconomic perspective – which actually are at the frontier of Economic History. The course focuses on four different broad topics. Another aim of the course is to introduce students to the discussion of virtues and limitations of different historical sources and methodologies.

 

Wednesday 20th April 2016: 16-18
Francesco Cinnirella – The Cost of Decentralization: Linguistic Polarization and the Provision of Education

Topic: Human capital

Thursday 5th May 2016: 11-13
Michelangelo Vasta – The geography of innovation in Italy, 1861-1913: evidence from patent data

Topic: Innovation

Monday 9th May 2016: 16-18
Giovanni Federico – A tale of two globalizations: openness and gains from trade

Topic: Trade

Monday 16th May 2016: 11-13
Alessandro Nuvolari (Sant’Anna  School of Advanced Studies, Pisa) –  “Uniting Souls” and counting skills: age heaping in the first Italian national censuses, 1861-1881

Topic: Human capital

Monday 23th May 2016: 16-18
Giovanni Federico – The agricultural roots of the gender gap: evidence from Italy

Topic: Trade

Thursday 26th May 2016: 11-13

Michelangelo Vasta – What makes a successful entrepreneur? Historical evidence from Italy (XIX-XX centuries)

Topic: Entrepreneurship

 

The “rules of the game” of the course are the following. First of all the course requires your active role in the discussion of the seminars. What I mean is that you make direct questions to the speakers during the seminars. Moreover, each student must write one extended Review Report (RR) for one of the paper presented. The RR should be articulated as follow: i) discuss context and research questions; ii) assess source, historical material and data; iii) provide a discussion of approach and methods; iv) suggest improvements and refinements for the analysis. Finally, all students have to organize themselves in groups (2 students, max 3) and prepare an Economic History Research Project (RP) which must contain: i) a well-defined research question; ii) sources to be used; iii) methods; iv) conclusions.

Final evaluation will be based on class participation (25%) and on the quality of RRs (25%) and RP (50%).

ERRATA CORRIGE RISULTATO PROVA INTERMEDIA

Per un errore del sistema, i risultati della prova intermedia per alcuni studenti il cui cognome inizia per D sono sbagliati. In attesa di risolvere il problema con gli uffici domani mattina, chi volesse avere il risultato giusto può scrivermi una mail.  

Cari saluti, Michelangelo Vasta

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SE 15-16 week 6

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SE 15-16 week 5

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