This paper presents up-to-date annual statistical reconstructions of industrial value added for the period 1861-1913 for Italy’s regions (nuts 2 units). Corresponding provincial (nuts 3 units) estimates for census years 1871, 1881, 1901, and 1911 are also provided. The present work aims to contribute in making the Italian case a major point of interest to regional economists and social scientists analyzing the long-term evolution of spatial economic aggregates.
The paper estimates a conditional s-convergence model of labor productivity growth in Italy’s manufacturing industry during 1871-1911, accounting for spatial dependence. The empirical evidence is based on a recent set of data at provincial (NUTS 3) level on manufacturing value added at 1911 prices, and a new set of data on human and social capital, political participation, and infrastructures. By focusing on a country and a time when the agglomeration forces and spillover effects advocated by the new economic geography were only starting to operate, we can investigate a particularly interesting case study. Our results suggest that human capital, a cooperative culture, and initial productivity in neighboring provinces can explain much of the geographical variability of productivity growth in manufacturing in nineteenth-century Italy.
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