Research Articles
Ridolfi, L. (2026) "Beyond Average Wages: Wage Inequality in Medieval England, 1300–1514". Cliometrica, 20(2), 417-480. LINK
Buscemi, T. and Ridolfi, L. (2026). "The decline of a fully matured economy: Rural and Urban Real Wages in the Republic of Venice, 1390-1790." European Review of Economic History, 30(3), 445-471. LINK
Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. (2026). "Reffici debet! The real wages of the workers of the Dome of Florence (1326-1861)" Forthcoming, Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History.
Ridolfi, L. (2026), "Job Control and Occupational Safety: New Perspectives on Labour Conditions in Medieval Florence." Forthcoming, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook.
Federico, G., Nuvolari, A., Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. (2025) "Italy's Long-Term Economic Performance: GDP Estimates from 1300 to 1861." The Economic History Review, 79(3), 1136-1174. LINK
Cappelli, G., Ridolfi, L., Vasta, M., Westberg, J., (2023), "Human capital in Europe, 1830s-1930s: a general survey." Journal of Economic Surveys, 39(2), 453-488. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2023) "Gender inequality in a transition economy: heights and sexual height dimorphism in Southwestern France, 1640-1850". Cliometrica, 18(1), 37-102. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2023) "Understanding pre-industrial wages and incomes: A reassessment of the evidence and new interpretations
based on France and Italy" Rivista di Storia Economica/Italian Review of Economic History, 39(1), 27-62. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2021) "The days they worked, the incomes they earned: new perspectives on work patterns and annual earnings in the French construction sector (1320-1850)." Rivista di Storia Economica, 37(2), 115-150. LINK
Ridolfi, L. and Nuvolari, A. (2021) "L’Histoire Immobile? A Reappraisal of French Economic Growth using the Demand- Side Approach, 1250-1850." European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405-428. (Lead article). LINK
Federico, G., Nuvolari, A., Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M.(2021) "The race between the snail and the tortoise: skill premium and early industrialization in Italy (1861– 1913)", Cliometrica, 15, 1-42. (Lead article). LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2019) "Six centuries of real wages in France from Louis IX to Napoleon III: 1250–1860", Journal of Economic History, 79(3), 589-627. (Lead article). LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2017), "The French economy in the longue durée: a study on real wages, working days and economic performance from Louis IX to the Revolution (1250–1789)", European Review of Economic History, 21(4), 437-438. (diss. summary). LINK
Book Chapters and Book Reviews
Ridolfi, L. (2026), "The contribution of payments in-kind to pre-industrial workers’ remunerations: evidence from Florence and its countryside." In: A Historical Casebook of Wage Formation. Wage Determination and Wage Bargains, 1500-1950, a cura di Giulio Ongaro, Judy Z. Stephenson, Luca Mocarelli.
Ridolfi, L. (2023) "Historical Datasets" Handbook of Cliometrics. LINK
Cappelli, G., Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. (2023) "Human Capital in a Historical Perspective" Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2025). Leandro Prados de la Escosura. A Millennial View of Spain’s Development. Essays in Economic History. Investigaciones de Historia Económica, 21(1), 167-169.