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.<\/p>\n
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Wednesday 20th<\/sup> April 2016<\/strong>: 16-18 <\/strong> Topic: <\/strong>Human capital<\/p>\n Thursday 5th<\/sup> May 2016<\/strong>: 11-13 <\/strong> Topic: <\/strong>Innovation<\/p>\n Monday <\/strong>9<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong> May 2016<\/strong>: 16-18<\/strong> Topic: <\/strong>Trade<\/p>\n Monday 16th<\/sup> May 2016<\/strong>: 11-13<\/strong> Topic:<\/strong> Human capital<\/p>\n Monday 23th<\/sup><\/strong> May 2016<\/strong>: 16-18<\/strong> Topic: <\/strong>Trade<\/p>\n Thursday 26th<\/sup> May 2016<\/strong>: 11-13 <\/strong><\/p>\n Michelangelo Vasta –\u00a0What makes a successful entrepreneur? Historical evidence from Italy (XIX-XX centuries)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Topic: <\/strong>Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The “rules of the game” of the course are the following. First of all the course requires your <\/strong>active role in the discussion<\/strong> 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<\/strong> (RR)<\/strong> 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)<\/strong> which must contain: i) a well-defined research question; ii) sources to be used; iii) methods; iv) conclusions.<\/p>\n Final evaluation will be based on class participation (25%) and on the quality of RRs (25%) and RP (50%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading
\nFrancesco Cinnirella –\u00a0The Cost of Decentralization: Linguistic Polarization and the Provision of Education<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMichelangelo Vasta –\u00a0The geography of innovation in Italy, 1861-1913: evidence from patent data<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nGiovanni Federico –\u00a0A tale of two globalizations: openness and gains from trade<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nAlessandro Nuvolari (Sant\u2019Anna\u00a0 School of Advanced Studies, Pisa) – \u00a0\u201cUniting Souls\u201d and counting skills: age heaping in the first Italian national <\/em>censuses<\/em>, 1861-1881<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nGiovanni Federico –\u00a0The agricultural roots of the gender gap: evidence from Italy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n