Cultural capital and income inequality across Italian regions
研究了意大利各地区文化资本（历史文化遗产与现代文化态度）如何共同影响收入不平等，发现文化遗产与利他性现代文化结合时能降低不平等，并将意大利分为三个不平等空间聚类区。
Historic cultural institutions are known to predict local inequality, but the moderating effect of modern cultural attitudes has not been thoroughly elucidated. Our hypothesis is that local inequality is determined by a moderating mechanism based on the balance between cultural heritage and living culture. We use a unique panel dataset for Italian regions, covering the period 2007–16, and observe that regional inequality decreases where cultural heritage interacts with a more altruistic modern living culture. A finite mixture model suggests spatial clustering of inequality, dividing Italy into three areas. This reveals cultural capital-driven frictions in the spatial redistribution of human capital.