13 results for "ALFANI, GUIDO"
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A step forward toward solving the main mysteries in the history of plague?
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Long‐term trends in economic inequality: the case of the Florentine state, c. 1300–1800
This article provides an overview of economic inequality, particularly of wealth, in the Florentine state (Tuscany) from the early fourteenth to the late eighteenth century. Regional studies of this kind are rare, and this is only the second‐ever attempt at covering such a long period. Consistent…
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Las familias y la elección de padrinos y madrinas de bautizo en la Europa católica en la Edad Moderna. Balance y perspectivas de investigación
Patrinus, «la red de historia cultural y social de bautismo y de padrinazgo» fue fundada en 2006. Retomando los trabajos disponibles antes de esa fecha y los de los investigadores comprometidos desde entonces con Patrinus, este artículo propone un balance de los principales resultados en referencia…
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A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires
The emergence of vast territorial empires is a recurring development in the history of human civilization. Their ability to extract resources from their subjects, and to redistribute them, also increases the potential of higher levels of economic inequality. Here we explore how imperial structures…
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Epidemics and trust: The case of the Spanish Flu
Recent studies argue that major crises can have long‐lasting effects on individual behavior. While most studies focused on natural disasters, we explore the consequences of the global pandemic caused by a lethal influenza virus in 1918–19: the so‐called “Spanish Flu.” This was by far the worst…
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This brief article expands on the Prolusion given to the LV Settimana Datini, clarifying some additional aspects and proposing a few examples of upward socio-economic mobility. Particular attention is given to two topics: the importance of the acquisition of nobility for social ascension in…
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Chapter Social and economic mobility in preindustrial Europe
This article surveys and discusses the available literature on socio-economic mobility in preindustrial societies. Beginning with the mobility-promoting impact of the Black Death, the article explores more generally how “calamities” of various kinds offered (or not) opportunities for upward…
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Chapter Economic inequality in preindustrial Europe, 1300-1800: methods and results from the EINITE project
This article provides an overview of the research done in recent years by the ERC-funded projects EINITE-Economic Inequality across Italy and Europe 1300-1800, and SMITE-Social Mobility and Inequality across Italy and Europe 1300-1800. It begins by discussing the sources available for…
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Le parrainage en Europe et en Amérique, pratiques de longue durée (XVIe-XXIe siècles)
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Estimating Sampling Selection Bias in Human Genetics: A Phenomenological Approach
This research is the first empirical attempt to calculate the various components of the hidden bias associated with the sampling strategies routinely-used in human genetics, with special reference to surname-based strategies. We reconstructed surname distributions of 26 Italian communities with…