Speaker
Roberto Rondinelli
Description
The aim of this work is to investigate how deep are the historical roots of the business familism in the South of Italy. Within the framework of the social network analysis and exploiting the logic of surname, we define three measures of familism. Descriptive analysis and Difference-in-Differences models show different trends by economic sectors, and provide some empirical evidence of the persistence of familism over the Italian Unification as a structural feature of Southern business system between 1820 and 1900.
| Topics | • Network analysis in human past and history |
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| Keywords | Surnames, Southern Italy, Business Network, Difference-in-Differences, Measures of familism |
Primary authors
Roberto Rondinelli
Maria Carmela Schisani
(University of Naples Federico II)
Giancarlo Ragozini
(University of Naples Federico II - Departmenti of Political Science)
