Working papers and work in progress
Gender Inequality
Diebolt, C., Perrin, F., and Ridolfi, L. “Women’s Wages, Gender Wage Gap and the Long Run of History. France in the Modern Period.”
Human capital
Cappelli, G., Ridolfi L., and Vasta, M. (2021), “Pupils today, astronauts tomorrow? The impact of Italy’s 1962 school Reform on human capital accumulation.”
Pre-industrial labour markets
Ridolfi, L. (2025), "Work Discipline and Job Security: New Perspectives on Labour Conditions in Medieval Florence."
Ridolfi, L. (2025), "The contribution of payments in-kind to pre-industrial workers’ remunerations: evidence from Florence and its countryside."
Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. (2025). "Reffici debet! The real wages of the workers of the Dome of Florence (1326-1861)" WP No. 928. Department of Economics, University of Siena. LINK to paper
Buscemi, T. and Ridolfi, L. (2024). "The rural-urban dimension of Italy’s decline: evidence from real wages in Venice and the Terraferma, 1380-1797." LINK to paper.
Ridolfi, L., Salvo, C., and Weisdorf, J. (2023). "The effect of mechanisation on labour: Evidence from the diffusion of steam." CAGE working paper no. 689. LINK to paper; Media coverage: VoxEU.