This paper estimates a conditional β-convergence model of labour productivity growth in Italy's manufacturing industry during 1871–1911, accounting for spatial dependence. The empirical evidence is based on a recent set of data at provincial (NUTS 3) level on manufacturing value added at 1911 prices, and a new set of data on human and social capital, political participation, and infrastructures. By focusing on a country and a time when the agglomeration forces and spillover effects advocated by the new economic geography were only starting to operate, we can investigate a particularly interesting case study. Our results suggest that human capital, a cooperative culture, and initial productivity in neighbouring provinces can explain much of the geographical variability of productivity growth in manufacturing in nineteenth-century Italy.

Ciccarelli, C., Fachin, S. (2017). Regional growth with spatial dependence: A case study on early Italian industrialization. PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE, 96(4), 675-695 [10.1111/pirs.12217].

Regional growth with spatial dependence: A case study on early Italian industrialization

CICCARELLI, CARLO;
2017-01-01

Abstract

This paper estimates a conditional β-convergence model of labour productivity growth in Italy's manufacturing industry during 1871–1911, accounting for spatial dependence. The empirical evidence is based on a recent set of data at provincial (NUTS 3) level on manufacturing value added at 1911 prices, and a new set of data on human and social capital, political participation, and infrastructures. By focusing on a country and a time when the agglomeration forces and spillover effects advocated by the new economic geography were only starting to operate, we can investigate a particularly interesting case study. Our results suggest that human capital, a cooperative culture, and initial productivity in neighbouring provinces can explain much of the geographical variability of productivity growth in manufacturing in nineteenth-century Italy.
2017
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore SECS-P/06 - ECONOMIA APPLICATA
Settore SECS-P/12 - STORIA ECONOMICA
English
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β-convergence, manufacturing, nineteenth century Italy, spatial dependence, labor productivity, human capital
Research supported by MIUR PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) grant 2010J3LZEN
Ciccarelli, C., Fachin, S. (2017). Regional growth with spatial dependence: A case study on early Italian industrialization. PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE, 96(4), 675-695 [10.1111/pirs.12217].
Ciccarelli, C; Fachin, S
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