Autori
Malanima, Paolo
Daniele, Vittorio

Titolo
Regional Wages and the North-South Disparity in Italy after the Unification
Periodico
Rivista di storia economica
Anno: 2017 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 117 - Pagina finale: 158

Information on wages has never been exploited in the longlasting debate on North-South disparities in Italy in the aftermath of the national Unification. The present article is based on a wide array of data on provincial wages in the building sector over the period 1862-1878. Nominal wages in the Centre-North and the South, including the Islands, were similar, because of the high wage levels in Sardinia and Sicily. In the peninsular South, nominal wages were about 10-15 percentage points lower than in the Centre-North. Yet, whenever the difference in prices is taken into account, any disparity between Centre-North and Mezzogiorno fades away.



SICI: 0393-3415(2017)2<117:RWATND>2.0.ZU;2-M
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