The book brings together a series of research papers presented at a workshop on "Economic integration between the … economic integration between the two areas from several viewpoints. Two papers examined the mechanism of propagation of shocks …

still highly segmented and that the degree of integration in a single country (Italy, taken as a benchmark for integration …

negative correlation between social capital and inequality. This chapter provides some empirical findings on Italy that confirm …

the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined … afterwards. By international standards, Italy does not have a high level of wealth inequality (contrary to the evidence available … together with the opinions on inequality collected by means of statistical surveys. …

in mean incomes between regions and helps to shed light on inequality within regions as well; the effects vary according … to the region and the variable. However, these features appear to influence nation-wide inequality only to a moderate …

each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …

sample of countries in the period 1960-2000. Even though welfare inequality across countries appeared stable, the …. In terms of the world population distribution, welfare inequality decreased as the result of the decline in inequality of …

-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two … form of the index. These problems are illustrated by comparing inequality and deprivation in income and health in the four …