Working papers and work in progress
Innovation and pre-industrial labour markets
Ridolfi, L., Salvo, C., and Weisdorf, J. (2023). "Labour-Friendly Steam Power: Evidence from 19th-Century France." LINK to paper; Media coverage (early version): VoxEU.
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."