F. Beltrán Tapia, and G. Cappelli (2021). "Missing girls in Liberal Italy, 1861 – 1921." R&R at the Economic History Review (CEPR DP available here).
G. Cappelli and Johannes Westberg (2021). "Wages in white-collar jobs: new evidence from micro data on Swedish primary-school teachers in 1890." Working paper.
G. Cappelli, L. Ridolfi, M. Vasta and J. Westberg (2021). "Human capital in Europe, 1830s – 1930s: a general survey" Submitted (DEPS WP available here).
G. Cappelli, L. Ridolfi and M. Vasta (2021). "Pupils today, astronauts tomorrow? The impact of Italy’s 1962 school Reform on human capital accumulation." Submitted.
M. Bozzano, G. Cappelli and M. Vasta (2022). "Whither education? The long shadow of pre-unification school systems into Italy’s Liberal Age (1861 – 1911)." Accepted (conditional on minor changes) at the Journal of Economic History (CEPR DP available here).
PROJECTS
Primary schooling, technical education and economic growth across European regions (1870 - 1950) (with Maria José Fuentes Vasquez)
Human capital, real wages, innovation and the performance of Italy's firms (1861 - 1951) (with Vania Licio and Michelangelo Vasta)
Long-term human capital accumulation: the impact of Italy's occupation of Ethiopia (with Joerg Baten and Michelangelo Vasta)