Carla Salvo

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I am a Postdoc at Sapienza University of Rome where I work on the role of first-nature geographical conditions in explaining Italy's North-south divide (PI  Prof. Jacob Weisdorf). 

My PhD thesis explores the root causes of innovation. To this end, I use national industrial censuses from France to examine the adoption of steam technology among local industries in the two decades spanning the 1840s and the 1860s. In this context, I investigate various aspects of economic circumstances, such as trade-regulations, infrastructure, and labour-market conditions, for their role in the processes of innovation and industrialization.

Research Interests

Economic History, Trade Liberalization, Development and Growth