The Italian Social Protection System; The Poverty of Welfare
Italy’s system of social protection has come under criticism for being fragmented and excessively skewed toward pensioners and “insiders.” After setting up a consolidated presentation of the social security accounts, this paper provides an empirical assessment of the effectiveness of the welfare system, relying on a survey of households’ incomes and wealth. It concludes that, owing to ill-designed targeting mechanisms, less than a quarter of total spending on the welfare instruments under review accrues to families whose own resources fall short of the poverty line. The paper then proposes a new means-testing formula.
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1998-05-01
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Authors: | Rostagno, Massimo V. ; Utili, Francesca |
Institutions: | International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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