Growth and Inequality in Italy Over the Long Run (1871-2001): Trends, Patterns, Implications
This article presents estimates of social and economic indicators for Italy and its regions, from1871 to 2001: life expectancy, education (literacy and years of schooling), per capita Gdp, and the humandevelopment index. I discuss State intervention in promoting convergence and argue that this was m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Danubius University
2012-05-01
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| Series: | EIRP Proceedings |
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| Online Access: | http://www.proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1419/1245 |
| Summary: | This article presents estimates of social and economic indicators for Italy and its regions, from1871 to 2001: life expectancy, education (literacy and years of schooling), per capita Gdp, and the humandevelopment index. I discuss State intervention in promoting convergence and argue that this was moreeffective in life expectancy, important but inadequate in education, more expensive and less successful inGdp. In human development, convergence took place from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, thensignificantly slowed down. A broad interpretative hypothesis, based on the distinction between passive andactive modernization, is proposed to account for the patterns. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-9211 2069-9344 |