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Working Papers

2022

1. Outlier Detection for Welfare Analysis
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2021

2. On Some Problems of Using the Human Development Index in Economic History
   LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
   Also in CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS (2021)

2020

3. Aristocracy and Inequality in Italy, 1861-1931
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project (2020)

2019

4. The Economy in Leonardo da Vinci’s Time
   HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project

2018

5. No country for young people. Poverty and age in Italy, 1948-2018
   HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project
6. On the use of composite indices in economic history. Lessons from Italy, 1861-2017
   HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project View citations (2)
7. Poverty and Inequality in Francophone Africa, 1960s-2010s
   HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Economic History of Developing Regions (2021)

2016

8. House prices in Italy, 1927-2012
   Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Rivista di storia economica (2016)
9. Inequality: Measurement and policies
   IEB Reports, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
10. On Historical Household Budgets
    HHB Working Papers Series, The Historical Household Budgets Project View citations (6)
    Also in Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2016) View citations (11)
    Working Papers Series, Institute for New Economic Thinking (2016) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Rivista di storia economica (2016)

2014

11. Durable goods and poverty measurement
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2013

12. Italy’s Growth and Decline, 1861-2011
    CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (14)

2012

13. Italy’s Modern Economic Growth, 1861-2011
    Department of Economics University of Siena, Department of Economics, University of Siena View citations (7)
14. Vulnerability to Poverty in Italy
    Working papers, Department of Economics and Statistics (Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche), University of Torino View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012) View citations (1)

2011

15. The Well-Being of Italians: A Comparative Historical Approach
    Quaderni di storia economica (Economic History Working Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area View citations (15)

2010

16. Il costo della vita al Nord e al Sud d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi. Stime di prima generazione
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Rivista di Politica Economica (2009)

2008

17. Height and the normal distribution: Evidence from Italian military data
    CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Demography (2009)

2007

18. Living standards and the distribution of heights: Italy, 1855-1910
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. View citations (1)

2004

19. Nutrition and growth in Italy, 1861-1911 what macroeconomic data hide
    IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2006)

2003

20. Monetary Union, Institutions and Financial Market Integration, Italy 1862-1905
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
    Also in CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS (2003) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Explorations in Economic History (2003)

1999

21. Is the Kuznets Curve Still Alive? Evidence from Italy's Household Budgets, 1881-1961
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Durable goods and welfare measurement
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2022, 36, (4), 1179-1211
2. Introduction: Economics, History and Economic History in Stefano Fenoaltea’s Cliometrics
   Rivista di storia economica, 2022, (1), 107-108

2021

3. Poverty and inequality in Francophone Africa, 1960s–2010s
   Economic History of Developing Regions, 2021, 36, (1), 1-29
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2019

4. Book review of Ten Thousand Years of Inequality. The Archaeology of Wealth Differences
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (4), 591-594
5. See You in Valhalla: Comment on 'Spleen: The Failures of the Cliometric School', by Stefano Fenoaltea
   Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics, History and Political Science, 2019, 53, (2), 49-58 View citations (1)

2016

6. House Prices in Italy, 1927-2012
   Rivista di storia economica, 2016, (3), 381-402 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
7. Looking Backward, Moving Forward
   Rivista di storia economica, 2016, (1), 3-16
8. On Historical Household Budgets
   Rivista di storia economica, 2016, (2), 137-176 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

9. Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States. Edited by D. J. Besharov and K. A. Couch. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2012. 440 pp. £45.00
   Economica, 2015, 82, (327), 586-587
10. Italy’s Modern Economic Growth, 1861–2011
    Enterprise & Society, 2015, 16, (2), 225-248 View citations (1)

2012

11. Sviluppo economico, benessere e disuguaglianza: Italia, 1861-2011
    Rivista di storia economica, 2012, (1), 177-196

2011

12. La vulnerabilità economica delle famiglie italiane
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2011, (3), 167-181 View citations (2)

2009

13. Height and the normal distribution: evidence from italian military data
    Demography, 2009, 46, (1), 1-25 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
14. Il costo della vita al Nord e al Sud d’Italia, dal dopoguerra a oggi. Stime di prima generazione
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2009, 99, (2), 3-34 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2007

15. Italian Children at Work, 1881-1961
    Giornale degli Economisti, 2007, 66, (3), 401-427 View citations (4)

2006

16. Nutrition and growth in Italy, 1861-1911: What macroeconomic data hide
    Explorations in Economic History, 2006, 43, (3), 438-464 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

17. Monetary Union, institutions and financial market integration: Italy, 1862-1905
    Explorations in Economic History, 2003, 40, (4), 443-461 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
18. Nutrizione e povertà in Italia, 1861-1911
    Rivista di storia economica, 2003, (3), 383

2001

19. IS THE KUZNETS CURVE STILL ALIVE? EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, 1881–1961
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (4), 904-925 View citations (14)

2000

20. Quali lezioni dall'analisi della distribuzione della spesa familiare in Italia, 1881-1961?
    Rivista di storia economica, 2000, (2), 247-260

Books

2017

1. Measuring Wellbeing: A History of Italian Living Standards
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (49)

Software Items

2023

1. OUTDETECT: Stata module to perform outlier detection and diagnostics for welfare analysts
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics