Workshop “The Economic Statistics in 20th Century Italy: Case Studies” (Montreal, Sept. 15, 2023)

International Workshop (webinar)
THE ECONOMIC STATISTICS IN 20TH CENTURY ITALY: CASE STUDIES

Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST)
Université du Québec à Montréal

September 15th, 2023
h 9,30 a.m.-1,00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time, Montreal) – h 15,30 -19,00 (Central Europe Time)

Program

h 9,30 a.m. – 9,50 a.m. (Montreal); h 15,30-15,50 (Europe)
Manfredi Alberti (Università di Palermo) and Jean-Guy Prévost (Université du Quebec à Montréal)
Welcome address and introduction

h 9,50 a.m. – 10,25 a.m. (Montreal); h 15,50-16,25 (Europe)
Manfredi Alberti (Università di Palermo)
The international opening of Italian official statistics. ISTAT after 1945
Discussant: Marcella Corsi (Sapienza Università di Roma)

h 10,25 a.m. – 11,00 a.m. (Montreal); h 16,25-17,00 (Europe)
Marcella Corsi and Giulia Zacchia (Sapienza Università di Roma)
The two faces of economic forecasting in Italy: Vera Cao Pinna and Almerina Ipsevich
Discussant: Manfredi Alberti (Università di Palermo)

h 11,00 a.m. – 11,15 a.m. (Montreal); h 17,00-17,15 (Europe)
Coffee break

h 11,15 a.m. – 11,50 a.m. (Montreal); h 17,15-17,50 (Europe)
Maria Letizia D’Autilia (ISTAT)
The official statistics for economic planning: a missed opportunity?
Discussant: Jean-Guy Prévost (Université du Québec à Montréal)

h 11,50 a.m. – 12,25 p.m. (Montreal); h 17,50-18,25 (Europe)
Giovanni Favero (Università di Venezia)
Corporatist statistics at work: the Confindustria-ISTAT’s index numbers of prices and wages
Discussant: Tancredi Buscemi (Università di Siena)

h 12,25 p.m. – 1,00 p.m.; h 18,25-19,00 (Europe)
Oscar Gaspari (Università LUMSA, Roma)
The Italian-style truck-system. First hypotheses on the manipulation of cost-of-living index numbers
in fascist Italy: Salvemini was right
Discussant: Thomas A. Stapleford (University of Notre Dame)

Participants
Manfredi Alberti manfredi.alberti@unipa.it
Tancredi Buscemi tancredi.buscemi2@unisi.it
Marcella Corsi marcella.corsi@uniroma1.it
Maria Letizia D’Autilia dautilia@istat.it
Giovanni Favero gfavero@unive.it
Oscar Gaspari oscgasp@gmail.com
Jean-Guy Prévost prevost.jean-guy@uqam.ca
Tom Stapleford tstaplef@nd.edu
Giulia Zacchia giulia.zacchia@uniroma1.it

To join this workshop, please use this link
ID meeting: 352 526 830 167
Passcode: ha2scM

Contact & information: manfredi.alberti@unipa.it