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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Judicial assessment of testimonial reliability after EMDR therapy: a case-series analysis. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Pacchioni F, Flutti E, Ballabio M, Giovannelli ME, Magatti C, Travaini G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies: What we know, what we don't (but should) know

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
wiley   +1 more source

"Vieni da Nonna Tua, Vieni!" A commentary on the social construction of grandmothers and its impact on older women's lives. [PDF]

J Frailty Aging
Coelho-Júnior HJ, Calvani R, Marzetti E.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
wiley   +1 more source

Cholera epidemiology analysis through the experience of the 1973 Naples epidemic. [PDF]

Open Med (Wars)
Maurizio B, Erika DZ, Cristina P, Mariano M, Davide O.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Monica Azzolini, Isabella Lazzarini (éd.), "Italian Renaissance Diplomacy. A Sourcebook", Brepols, 2017

, 2017
Italian Renaissance Diplomacy. A Sourcebook Diplomacy has never been a politically neutral field of historical research, even when it was confined to merely reconstructing the context of wars and revolutions.
E. Sallé de Chou
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The many prices of war and occupation: Black markets and the cost‐of‐living index in France, 1938–1949

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
wiley   +1 more source

From expectation to strain: how pregnancy time perspective shapes postpartum stress in Poland and Italy. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sobol M, Mancinelli E, Schiavo A, Salcuni S, Meisner M, Cellini N, Mioni G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Resiting genre : a study of contemporary Italian travel writing in English translation [PDF]

This thesis aims to highlight the presence of a large and varied production of contemporary Italian travel writing and to analyse the reasons for its 'invisibility' in the Italian literary system and critical tradition. Through the use of a comparative
Polezzi, Loredana
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