University of Siena

The unit will work at the construction of the patent data-set. This research will follow, by and large, the approach outlined in Nuvolari and Vasta (2015).

Maria Alessandra Rossi will contribute to the analysis of the patent data for the most recent period. The unit will also work at the construction of the human capital data-sets. In this task, the unit will take advantage of the participation of Emanuele Felice (UNICH).

Felice has already worked on this topic and, in particular, in the context of the North-South gap (Felice and Vasta 2015). Moreover, the unit will take advantage by the collaboration with Gabriele Cappelli (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) who has recently published some articles on human capital in Italy (Cappelli 2016). The unit will cooperate with UNIPI at the construction of the trade-data. Giovanni Federico and Michelangelo Vasta have already worked together on this type of data (Federico and Vasta 2010). The unit will also cooperate with SSSA at the construction of the wages data.