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Does centralisation foster human capital accumulation? Quasi-experimental evidence from Italy’s Liberal Age

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  • Gabriele Cappelli

    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • Michelangelo Vasta

    (University of Siena)

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"The impact of educational reforms on inputs into schooling and educational outcomes remains under researched in economics and economic history. This gap is filled by the present paper, which offers a framework to explore the impact of a move towards centralized education that was introduced in Italy in 1911. Our analysis is based on a stratified sample of 1074 Italian municipalities observed between 1911 and 1931, and on a clear identification strategy based on the peculiar features of the norms aimed to centralize Italy’s school system. The evidence that we present shows that centralization fostered the growth of primary education at the country level by accelerating the pace of human capital convergence in the most disadvantaged areas of the country – especially in southern regions. "

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  • Gabriele Cappelli & Michelangelo Vasta, 2016. "Does centralisation foster human capital accumulation? Quasi-experimental evidence from Italy’s Liberal Age," Working Papers 16021, Economic History Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehs:wpaper:16021
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    1. Gabriele Cappelli & Emanuele Felice & Julio Martínez-Galarraga & Daniel Tirado, 2018. "Still a long way to go: decomposing income inequality across Italy’s regions, 1871 – 2011," Working Papers 0123, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
    2. Monica Bozzano & Gabriele Cappelli, 2019. "The legacy of history or the outcome of reforms? Primary education and literacy in Liberal Italy (1871-1911)," Department of Economics University of Siena 801, Department of Economics, University of Siena.

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