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Working Papers

2024

1. Inequality in History: A long-Run View
   World Inequality Lab Working Papers, HAL
   Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2023) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, HAL (2024)

2023

2. Epidemics and pandemics: from the Justinianic Plague to the Spanish Flu
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)
   See also Chapter Epidemics and Pandemics: From the Justinianic Plague to the Spanish Flu, Springer Books, Springer (2024) (2024)

2022

3. Economic inequality in preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
   Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2022) View citations (10) (2022)
4. Poverty in early modern Europe: New approaches to old problems
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (1)

2020

5. Epidemics and Trust: The Case of the Spanish Flu
   Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (45)
   See also Journal Article Epidemics and trust: The case of the Spanish Flu, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) View citations (29) (2021)
6. Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (3)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Epidemics, Inequality, and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (13) (2022)
7. Pandemics and asymmetric shocks: evidence from the history of plague in Europe and the Mediterranean
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (4)
8. The determinants of wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice (1400-1800)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (3)

2019

9. Income Inequality in French West Africa: Building Social Tables for Pre-Independence Senegal and Ivory Coast
   UB School of Economics Working Papers, University of Barcelona School of Economics View citations (4)

2018

10. Famine and Disease in Economic History: A Summary Introduction
    Working Papers, School of Economics, University College Dublin

2017

11. INCOME INEQUALITY IN COLONIAL AFRICA: BUILDING SOCIAL TABLES FOR PRE-INDEPENDENCE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, IVORY COAST AND SENEGAL
    African Economic History Working Paper, African Economic History Network View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2017) View citations (13)
12. The rich in historical perspective: Evidence for preindustrial Europe, c. 1300-1800
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article The rich in historical perspective: evidence for preindustrial Europe (ca. 1300–1800), Cliometrica, Springer (2017) View citations (20) (2017)

2016

13. Plague and long-term development: the lasting effects of the 1629-30 epidemic on the Italian cities
    Working Papers, European Historical Economics Society (EHES) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University (2014) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Plague and long‐term development: the lasting effects of the 1629–30 epidemic on the Italian cities, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2019) View citations (17) (2019)

2015

14. Dinamiche di lungo periodo della disuguaglianza in Italia settentrionale: una nota di ricerca
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (6)
15. Famines in late Medieval and Early Modern Italy: A test for an advanced economy
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
16. Italian Famines: An overview (ca. 1250-1810)
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (1)
17. Was there a ‘Little Convergence’ in inequality? Italy and the Low Countries compared, ca. 1500-1800
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (2)

2014

18. Consequences of a universal European demographic transition on regional and global population distributions
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
19. Economic inequality and poverty in the very long run: The case of the Florentine State
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (11)
20. Economic inequality in northwestern Italy: A long-term view (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries)
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Economic Inequality in Northwestern Italy: A Long-Term View (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries), The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2015) View citations (55) (2015)

2013

21. Inequality (un)perceived: The emergence of a discourse on economic inequality from the Middle Ages to the Age of Revolutions
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (4)

2011

22. Plague in Seventeenth Century Europe and the Decline of Italy: An Epidemiological Hypothesis
    Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Plague in seventeenth-century Europe and the decline of Italy: an epidemiological hypothesis, European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society (2013) View citations (47) (2013)
23. Social customs and demographic change: The case of godparenthood in Catholic Europe
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

2010

24. Climate, population and famine in Northern Italy: General tendencies and Malthusian crisis, ca. 1450-1800
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (8)
25. Entrepreneurs, formalisation of social ties and trustbuilding in Europe (14th-20th centuries)
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (7)

2008

26. Concentration of wealth in an early modern city (Ivrea, fifteenth-seventeenth centuries)
    Working Papers, Economic History Society

Journal Articles

2024

1. Pandemics and socio-economic status. Evidence from the plague of 1630 in northern Italy
   Population Studies, 2024, 78, (1), 21-42

2023

2. Income and inequality in the Aztec Empire on the eve of the Spanish conquest
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, 7, (8), 1265-1274 View citations (1)

2022

3. Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850
   The Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82, (1), 87-125 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Economic inequality in preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
4. Epidemics, Inequality, and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 3-40 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times, SocArXiv (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
5. Wealth inequality in pre‐industrial England: A long‐term view (late thirteenth to sixteenth centuries)
   Economic History Review, 2022, 75, (4), 1314-1348 View citations (1)

2021

6. Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Times: Europe and Beyond
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2021, 59, (1), 3-44 View citations (38)
7. Epidemics and trust: The case of the Spanish Flu
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (4), 840-857 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper Epidemics and Trust: The Case of the Spanish Flu, Working Papers (2020) View citations (45) (2020)

2019

8. A survival analysis of the last great European plagues: The case of Nonantola (Northern Italy) in 1630
   Population Studies, 2019, 73, (1), 101-118 View citations (7)
9. Plague and long‐term development: the lasting effects of the 1629–30 epidemic on the Italian cities
   Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (4), 1175-1201 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Plague and long-term development: the lasting effects of the 1629-30 epidemic on the Italian cities, Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2018

10. The timing and causes of famines in Europe
    Nature Sustainability, 2018, 1, (6), 283-288 View citations (9)
11. giniinc: A Stata package for measuring inequality from incomplete income and survival data
    Stata Journal, 2018, 18, (3), 692-715 View citations (2)

2017

12. Long‐term trends in economic inequality: the case of the Florentine state, c. 1300–1800
    Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (4), 1072-1102 View citations (30)
13. Plague and Lethal Epidemics in the Pre-Industrial World
    The Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77, (1), 314-343 View citations (70)
14. The rich in historical perspective: evidence for preindustrial Europe (ca. 1300–1800)
    Cliometrica, 2017, 11, (3), 321-348 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper The rich in historical perspective: Evidence for preindustrial Europe, c. 1300-1800, Working Papers (2017) View citations (19) (2017)

2016

15. Growing apart in early modern Europe? A comparison of inequality trends in Italy and the Low Countries, 1500–1800
    Explorations in Economic History, 2016, 62, (C), 143-153 View citations (21)
16. Measuring Well-Being in the Past
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2016, 62, (4), 785-791

2015

17. Economic Inequality in Northwestern Italy: A Long-Term View (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
    The Journal of Economic History, 2015, 75, (4), 1058-1096 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Economic inequality in northwestern Italy: A long-term view (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries), Working Papers (2014) View citations (13) (2014)
18. Estimating Sampling Selection Bias in Human Genetics: A Phenomenological Approach
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (10), 1-13
19. Gérard Béaur, Phillipp R. Schofield, Jean-Michel Chevet, and María Teresa Pérez Picazo, eds., Property rights, land markets and economic growth in the European countryside ( Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2013. Pp. 535. 46 figs. 62 tabs. ISBN 9782503529554 Pbk. £74.65)
    Economic History Review, 2015, 68, (1), 373-374

2013

20. Plague in seventeenth-century Europe and the decline of Italy: an epidemiological hypothesis
    European Review of Economic History, 2013, 17, (4), 408-430 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Plague in Seventeenth Century Europe and the Decline of Italy: An Epidemiological Hypothesis, Working Papers (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2012

21. Entrepreneurs, formalization of social ties, and trustbuilding in Europe (fourteenth to twentieth centuries)
    Economic History Review, 2012, 65, (3), 1005-1028 View citations (10)
22. Rules of Exchange: French Capitalism in Comparative Perspective, Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries. By Alessandro Stanziani. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. ix, 313. $ 90.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2012, 72, (4), 1094-1096

2011

23. Population Dynamics, Malthusian Crises and Boserupian Innovation in Pre-Industrial Societies: The Case Study of Northern Italy (ca. 1450-1800) in the Light of Lee’s "Dynamic Synthesis"
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2011, (2), 23-56 View citations (4)

2010

24. Trade and industry in early modern Italy
    Business History, 2010, 52, (5), 860-862

2007

25. Population et environnement en Italie du Nord au XVIe siècle
    Population (french edition), 2007, 62, (4), 667-705 View citations (1)

2006

26. Les réseaux de marrainage en Italie du Nord du XVe au XVIIe siècle: coutumes, évolution, parcours individuels
    Histoire, économie & société, 2006, 25, (4), 17-44

Books

2019

1. The Lion's Share
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (15)

Chapters

2024

1. Epidemics and Pandemics: From the Justinianic Plague to the Spanish Flu
   Springer
   See also Working Paper Epidemics and pandemics: from the Justinianic Plague to the Spanish Flu, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2023) (2023)
2. Wealth and Income Inequality in the Long Run of History
   Springer

2018

3. Famine and Disease
   Palgrave Macmillan