Francesco Cinnirella

Professor of Economics at @UniBergamo / Public Economics / Economic History / Growth and Development / Political Economy

[Joachim Voth @joachim_voth]

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.

[Giampaolo Lecce @giamp85]

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. 👇🇮🇹
🔗 https://t.co/4ayRrV2WR9

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

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

https://t.co/Egdyza6Xd0

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

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: https://t.co/Egdyza7v2y

Deadline: March 20, 2026

[Luca Repetto @luca_repetto_c]

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.
(🧵1/11)

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

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: https://t.co/Egdyza7v2y

Deadline: March 20, 2026

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@cepr_org @UniBergamo In a RDD setting we show that early adoption of compulsory schooling in 1877 Italy had a significant impact on innovation and industrialization through an increase in human capital. Policy implication: earlier adoption and enforcement of CSL can affect economic growth patterns.

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20519
From Chalkboards to Steam Engines: Early Adoption of Compulsory Schooling, Innovation, and Industrialization
@fcinnio, Elona Harka @UniBergamo
https://t.co/Em2SvNhMhR
#CEPR_EH #EconTwitter

[Johan Fourie @JohanFourieZA]

Are academic conferences a waste of taxpayer money?

How #econhist can help us answer this question:

https://t.co/e1Wd4zNctB

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

Finally out in print. It was a long journey but also a lot of fun. Thanks @JuliusKoschnick and @HornungErik

[Julius Koschnick @JuliusKoschnick]

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 -->

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

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: https://t.co/UIEVLDHDrf

[Federico Vaccari @Federico_V87]

🚨 PhD applications are now open:

🎓 PhD in Economics
📍 University of Bergamo
🕒 Deadline: 16 June 2025

Join a vibrant research community, apply now 👉 [https://t.co/KY5p7S1BUB]

#PhD #EconPhD #Economics #EconTwitter #PhDOpportunity #UniBg

[Giampaolo Lecce @giamp85]

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: https://t.co/fd95nQM8FF…Know someone who might be interested? Pass it along!

[Emanuele Felice @emanuelefelice2]

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

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@Noahpinion Institutions are important, no doubt. But there is nothing random between what became West and East Germany:

https://t.co/C3aCb1EANr

@essobecker
@Woessmann
@LukasMergele

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@fscoamodio I would also be fine with "less accounting, more accountability"

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

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.

[Guillaume Blanc @gguillaumeblanc]

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!

https://t.co/HzwbYl8jor

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@LibertadGonLu @fra_principe Thanks for the interesting seminar at @DseUnibg

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@AlexMYarkin Congrats!!!

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

@per_ase @unito Very happy to be there. It's impressive the quality that this meeting has reached in a just few years.

[Francesco Cinnirella @fcinnio]

History of economic history