14:00 – 14:15

Welcome

Session 1: Political and Industrial Dynamics in Historical France

14:15 – 16.30

Raphael Franck, University of Stuttgart

“Safety Last? Political Supervision of Bureaucratic Performance and Worker Safety in French Mines during the Industrial Revolution"

Mara Squicciarini, Bocconi University

“De-Polarizing Politics: The Role of Jesuits in the French Parliament”

Bruno Caprettini, St. Gallen University

“You Only Weave Twice: Industrial Espionage and Growth in XIX Century France”

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee break

Session 2: Migration and macroeconomics: exploring long-run impacts and development dynamics

17:00 – 18:30

Antonio Ciccone, Mannheim University

The Long-Run Effects of Immigration: Evidence Across a Barrier to Refugee Settlement

Josep Pijoan-Mas, CEMFI

“Macroeconomic development, rural exodus, and uneven industrialization”

20:00

Social dinner

9:15 – 10:15

Keynote speech

Douglas Gollin, Tufts University

Agriculture, Structural Transformation, and Growth: Rethinking the Connections

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee break

Session 3: Pathways of Economic Development: Health, Investment, and Structural Transformation in Modern Europe

10:45 – 13:00

Laura Ogliari, University of Bergamo

“From Fields to Factories: Malaria Eradication and Structural Transformation in Post-War Italy”

Federico Rossi, Warwick University

“Economic Development according to Chandler”

Marco Sanfilippo, University of Turin

“Foreign Direct Investment, Geography, and Welfare”

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

Session 4: Economic Evolution and Structural Shifts in Early Modern Europe

14:00 – 15:30

Carlo Ciccarelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata

“Smithian growth in the little divergence: a general equilibrium analysis”

David Chilosi, King’s College London

“Structural change, work tasks and urbanization in early modern England”