Published in:Bank of Italy Economic History Working Paper ; No. 6
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (57 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2233837
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Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 2011 erstellt
Description:
This paper reviews the evolution of educational institutions and outcomes over the 150 years since Italy's unification, and discusses their interaction with national and regional growth patterns. While initial educational conditions contributed to differentiate across regions the early industrial take off in the late 19th century, and formal education does not appear to have played a major role in the postwar economic boom, the slowdown of Italy's economy since the 1990s may be partly due to interactions between its traditionally low human capital intensity and new comparative advantage patterns, and to the deterioration since the 1970s of the educational system's organization