Professor of Economics at @UniBergamo / Public Economics / Economic History / Growth and Development / Political Economy
Joined July 2017
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
Now forthcoming in @JEEA_News - "Going Viral" (with @dyanagizawa, @brunocaprettini, @mcaesmann). We use ultra-granular data on local polling boths and marching routes to show that in 1932 Hamburg, people who saw a Nazi march *massively* swung to the party. Black line= march.
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
Apr 28
What if violence doesn’t just reduce participation — but changes who gets elected?
New evidence from post-unification Italy shows conflict reshaped political elites and long-run state-building. 👇🇮🇹
🔗 cepr.org/publications/dp2142…
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Mar 17
Still 3 days to send your Expression of Interest for the PhD Program in Economics at the University of Bergamo. Deadline is Friday March 20. I am looking forward to reading research proposal
phd-eco.unibg.it/en/admissio…
Feb 17
Thinking about a PhD in Economics? The Department of Economics @UniBergamo offers 4-year scholarship, coursework state-of-the-art research training in a young, dynamic research environment.
Expression of interest now open: phd-eco.unibg.it/en/admissio…
Deadline: March 20, 2026
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
Mar 13
What are the effects of large human-capital shocks on innovation?
In a new paper, we study how WWI military deaths across British communities affected local invention over the next decades.
We find that places that lost more young men became persistently less innovative.
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Thinking about a PhD in Economics? The Department of Economics @UniBergamo offers 4-year scholarship, coursework state-of-the-art research training in a young, dynamic research environment.
Expression of interest now open: phd-eco.unibg.it/en/admissio…
Deadline: March 20, 2026
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20519
From Chalkboards to Steam Engines: Early Adoption of Compulsory Schooling, Innovation, and Industrialization
@fcinnio, Elona Harka @UniBergamo
ow.ly/pb4150WCKLk
#CEPR_EH #EconTwitter
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
4 Aug 2025
Are academic conferences a waste of taxpayer money?
How #econhist can help us answer this question:
ourlongwalk.com/p/how-ideas-…
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7 Jul 2025
Finally out in print. It was a long journey but also a lot of fun. Thanks @JuliusKoschnick and @HornungErik
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Our paper with @fcinnio @HornungErik “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print @EJ_RES🚨
In this paper we investigate the importance of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on for more -->
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4 Jun 2025
Still 12 days to apply to the PhD program in Economics at the University of Bergamo. Join a young and dynamic faculty with different areas of expertise in a beautiful historical city in the Milan area.
Deadline June 16. Submit your application here: unibg.it/bandi/bando-concors…
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
20 May 2025
🚨 PhD applications are now open:
🎓 PhD in Economics
📍 University of Bergamo
🕒 Deadline: 16 June 2025
Join a vibrant research community, apply now 👉 [unibg.it/bandi/bando-concors…]
#PhD #EconPhD #Economics #EconTwitter #PhDOpportunity #UniBg
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
5 Mar 2025
Expression of interest is now open for our PhD program in Economics. Join a dynamic research environment and engage in cutting-edge research! All the details are in the following link: phd-eco.unibg.it/en/admissio……Know someone who might be interested? Pass it along!
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
21 Nov 2024
Domani, io e @amingardi duelleremo sul nostro ultimo libro "Libertà contro libertà" (@edizionimulino) all'Università di Bergamo, per il ciclo di seminari "Leggere il contemporaneo". Modera Francesco Cinnirella, @fcinnio
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27 Sep 2024
My take on that: as for the Great Recession we learned a lot from the Great Depression, for a deeper understanding of the current fertility decline we should learn more from research on the historical demographic transition.
26 Sep 2024
Fantastic article about how economic and cultural factors shape (together) fertility:
"If the goal is to increase fertility, neither cultural nor economic solutions are likely to work in isolation" @stephmurrayyyy @TheAtlantic
A million times yes!
theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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6 Sep 2024
History of economic history
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
19 Aug 2024
📢📢To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Rivista di Storia Economica - Italian Review of Economic History (RSE/IREH) provides monthly the pdf of published articles. 8. August 2024: Paolo Di Martino (2004)
"Bankruptcy law and banking crises in Italy
(c. 1890-1938)" - pdf below
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
14 Aug 2024
Check out my new joint work with Philipp Ager on the long-term effects of charity day nurseries in early 20th-century NYC ehes.org/wp/EHES_263.pdf
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
ASE and @RivStoriaEcon are proud to announce the 1st Edition of the Gianni Toniolo Best Research Paper Prize. The prize is awarded every two years to the best paper published in the journal: associazionestoriaeconomica.…
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
Also this year, he are happy to announce the 2024 edition of the Francesca Carnevali Prize, awarded to the best Bachelor and Master of Science thesis in economic history. Deadline: September 1, 2024.
All details on our website 👇
associazionestoriaeconomica.…
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
4 Jul 2024
Nice see our recent working paper on monastic 📚 and innovation, joint work with @buonanno_paolo, @fcinnio, and #elonaharka, covered on @cepr_org cepr.org/voxeu/columns/lesso…
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Francesco Cinnirella retweeted
26 Jun 2024
📢#postdoc position in Economics 📢
Join the @DseUnibg @UniBergamo to work on the project "Youth and the Labour Market"
Deadline: July 13, 2024
Call: unibg.it/bandi/codice-pica-2…
PM if interested!
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