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Pisa, Italy
Joined June 2022
After two intense days, the 11th ASE meeting at @Unibocconi came to an end! Here there’s the usual group picture and we are more than ever! Thank you all for coming, viva la storia economica! #EconHistory
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We start the last session of the day with Sabrina Di Addario, presenting a paper on female labour force participation and fertility in Italy 👩🏽‍🔬👧🏻
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And with @dm_coluccia showing rich evidence on transatlantic migration. Thank you Giovanni Vecchi for the discussion!
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Last but not least, @EnguehardJoseph presents an ongoing research on tax evasion in early-modern France, using the case of the gabelle 🇫🇷 Thanks Christoph Koenig for the useful comments!
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Very last presentations of the day: Laura Hastings Mela talks about the effect of electrification on labour conflict in Liberal Italy. Thanks @GGabbuti for the useful comments and the lively discussion 👷
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Replying to @AzzoniFrancesco
@AzzoniFrancesco presenting very interesting evidence on the accounts of the misericordia maggiore of Bergamo to reconstruct social spending historically 📜
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In the parallel session, @salvo_carla presents a very original research project: what does evidence on church construction over two millennia tell us about regional inequality in Italy? ⛪️ The paper is discussed by Michela Bolla
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Last presentation of the morning by Maurizio Conti on how universities mattered on urban growth in pre-industrial Europe. Thanks Elona Harka the very thorough discussion 🙏🏽
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Carlo Ciccarelli presents a working paper on licentia populandi in Sicily and its impact on population growth and political institutions. Thanks @tancredibuscemi for the discussion from afar and the very useful comments!
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Second day - second morning session: @dchilosi presenting on trade in Italy in the long-run. Thanks @annamissiaia for the insightful discussion!
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We go on with a presentation by Ugo Gragnolati on the causal effect of historic transport networks 🛤️
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