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Napoleonic Administrative Reforms and Development in the Italian Mezzogiorno
We study how changes in a country’s administrative hierarchy affect development at the city level. We exploit the 1806 Napoleonic administrative reform implemented in the Kingdom of Naples as a historical experiment to assess whether district capitals ...
G. Cainelli, Carlo Ciccarelli, R. Ganau
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The Italian Mezzogiorno: markets or policies?
Two authoritative institutions, the Italian Treasury and the OECD, have recently joined the debate on how best to promote the development of Southern Italy.
A. BOLTHO
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In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno [PDF]
Instrumental variables (IV ) estimates show strong class-size effects in Southern Italy. But Italy's Mezzogiorno is distinguished by manipulation of standardized test scores as well as by economic disadvantage. IV estimates suggest small classes increase manipulation. We argue that score manipulation is a consequence of teacher shirking.
J. Angrist +2 more
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This article analyses the reasons for the persisting economic and social backwardness of the Italian Mezzogiorno. The South of Italy, a large and densely populated region, has lagged behind the rest of the country over the last 60 years, despite ...
Carlo Trigilia
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European multinational outbreak of Salmonella Umbilo linked to rocket salad and baby spinach traced to buffalo farms in Italy, 2024 to 2025 [PDF]
Following RASFF Alert 2024.7033 (Salmonella Umbilo in rocket from Italy), an investigation was conducted on three buffalo farms in Salerno, Southern Italy, located near the horticultural company implicated in the production of contaminated rocket salad ...
Rossana Ferraro +15 more
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The Covid-19 pandemic event can activate a comprehensive reflection on the change of development models, overcoming the current unsustainable ones. Present events in Italy are mainly affecting Northern Regions but also the Southern ones will suffer from ...
Paolo La Greca +2 more
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The use of antimicrobials in Italian buffalo farms
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health emergency; 25,000 people die each year in Europe from infections sustained by resistant bacteria.
Gabriele Di Vuolo +11 more
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The Role of Identity on Resource Entitlements: Evidence from Italian Households in the Mezzogiorno
A. Charles, Paola De Pascali
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Policies For The Sustainability Of Urban Ecosystems In Italian "Mezzogiorno"
Ugo Leone
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Regionalism at all costs Nallo Mazzocchi Alemanni and the Bradano Valley Land Reclamation Project, 1955. [PDF]
Between 1950 and 1956, one fifth of the Italian landscape was profoundly reshaped. According to the first ten-year plan issued by the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno, 51 aqueducts and around 3,000 km of roads would provide the necessary infrastructure to ...
De Dominicis Filippo
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