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Napoleonic Administrative Reforms and Development in the Italian Mezzogiorno

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal
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
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

The Italian Mezzogiorno: markets or policies?

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2013
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
doaj   +3 more sources

In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016
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
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Why the Italian Mezzogiorno did not Achieve a Sustainable Growth: Social Capital and Political Constraints

open access: yesCambio, 2016
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
doaj   +2 more sources

European multinational outbreak of Salmonella Umbilo linked to rocket salad and baby spinach traced to buffalo farms in Italy, 2024 to 2025 [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Research
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
doaj   +2 more sources

"Passata è la tempesta …”. A land use planning vision for the Italian Mezzogiorno in the post pandemic

open access: yesTeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2020
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
doaj   +2 more sources

The use of antimicrobials in Italian buffalo farms

open access: yesRevista Científica, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Regionalism at all costs Nallo Mazzocchi Alemanni and the Bradano Valley Land Reclamation Project, 1955. [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

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