Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy
(2023)
Journal Article
A'Hearn, B., & Rueda, V. (2023). Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy. Journal of Economic History, 83(3), 747-785. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050723000256
We offer new evidence on the spatial economic impact of Italian unification. Adopting municipal population as a proxy for local economic activity, we construct a new geocoded dataset spanning the pre- and post-unification periods and discover robust... Read More about Internal Borders and Population Geography in the Unification of Italy.