Research Articles
Federico, G., Nuvolari, A., Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. “Italy's Long-Term Economic Performance: GDP Estimates from 1300 to 1861.” Forthcoming, The Economic History Review.
Cappelli, G., Ridolfi, L., Vasta, M., Westberg, J., (2023), Human capital in Europe, 1830s-1930s: a general survey.
Journal of Economic Surveys. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2023) "Gender inequality in a transition economy: heights and sexual height dimorphism in Southwestern France, 1640-1850". Cliometrica. 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
Cappelli, G., Ridolfi, L., and Vasta, M. (2023) "Human Capital in a Historical Perspective" Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. LINK
Ridolfi, L. (2023) "Historical Datasets" Handbook of Cliometrics. 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.