RIDOLFI LEONARDO

Presentation

Leonardo Ridolfi is Associate Professor of Economic History. He holds a bachelor's degree in History from the University of Pisa and a master's degree in Economics from the University of Pisa and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. He also earned his PhD in Economics from IMT Lucca. His research analyzes long-term economic growth, pre-industrial labor markets, the causes and consequences of technological change, and the accumulation of human capital on economic development. His work has been published, among the others, in international journals such as the Journal of Economic History, the European Review of Economic History, and Cliometrica. Since January 2024 he is Associate Editor of Cliometrica.

Office hours

Office hours are held on Tuesday from 11.00 to 13.00. Students are pleased to contact me via email to fix a meeting.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching activities

Completion accademic year: 2026/2027

Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2026/2027
Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2025/2026
Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2025/2026
Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2023/2024

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS A.Y. 2022/2023

Research

Ultime pubblicazioni:

  • Ridolfi, L. (2026). The Contribution of Payments in-Kind to Pre-Industrial Workers’ Remunerations: Evidence from Florence and its Countryside.. In Giulio Ongaro, Judy Z. Stephenson, Luca Mocarelli (a cura di), A Historical Casebook of Wage Formation (pp. 223-242). Cham : Palgrave Macmillan [10.1007/978-3-031-91930-5_9]. - view more
  • Ridolfi, L. (2026). Beyond average wages: wage inequality in Medieval England, 1300–1514. CLIOMETRICA, 20(2), 417-480 [10.1007/s11698-026-00331-3]. - view more
  • Buscemi, T., Ridolfi, L. (2026). The Decline of a Fully Matured Economy: Rural and Urban Real Wages in the Republic of Venice, 1390–1790. EUROPEAN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC HISTORY [10.1093/ereh/heag002]. - view more
  • Ridolfi, L. (2025). Leandro Prados de la Escosura. A Millennial View of Spain’s Development. Essays in Economic History. INVESTIGACIONES DE HISTORIA ECONÓMICA, 21(1), 167-169 [10.33231/j.ihe.2025.01.07]. - view more
  • Cappelli, G., Ridolfi, L., Vasta, M., Westberg, J. (2025). Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS, 39(2), 453-488 [10.1111/joes.12589]. - view more