Wednesday, February 6th, at 14:30, Aula Fanfani (Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, Rome - Faculty of Economics, 5th floor).

La Sapienza Internal Economic History Workshop:
Giacomo Bandini, Cinzia Capalbo, Francesco Fiore Malacrinis, Vito Mariella, Michele Postigliola, Mauro Rota, Donatella Strangio, Marco Teodori, Jacob Weisdorf

14:30-16:00: session 1 Chair: Donatella Strangio

Jacob Weisdorf: Is general purpose technology labor-savings or -demanding? Evidence from the use of steam engine

Vito Mariella: Landownership concentration and human capital accumulation: Evidence from post-unification Italy (1871-1921)

Giacomo Bandini: Innovation and the ECC. The Italian path toward growth

16:00-16:15: coffee break

16:15-17:15: session 2 Chair: Marco Teodori

Mauro Rota and Michele Postigliola: Institutional shocks and modernization in pre-unification Italy

Francesco Fiore Malacrinis: From convergence to divergence, real evidence from Italian case
 

Each speaker will have 20 minutes for presenting and 10 for discussion.