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You've come a long way, baby. Effects of commuting times on couples' labour supply

Carta, Francesca; Philippis, Marta De - Banca d'Italia - 2015

This paper explores the effects of husbands' commuting time on their wives' labour market participation and on family time allocation. We develop a unitary family model of labour supply, which includes commuting times and household production. In a pure leisure model longer commuting time for...

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The gender wage gap in Italy

Zizza, Roberta - Banca d'Italia - 2013

The paper estimates the gender wage gap in Italy, taking into account two salient features of the economy: the low rate of womenï¿½s labour market participation and the high share of self-employment. It exploits the Bank of Italyï¿½s survey on household income and wealth, which contains...

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Labour market transitions in Italy: a gender perspective

Curci, Nicola; Mariani, Vincenzo - Banca d'Italia - 2013

The paper evaluates gender differences in labour market transitions in Italy. Women have a lower employment rate than … of periods of employment for women is related to a higher incidence of non-permanent jobs compared with men. Italian … women remain inactive longer than men, especially when inactivity is for family care reasons. Unemployed women are more …

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A gender equality index for the Italian regions

Amici, Monica; Stefani, Maria Lucia - Banca d'Italia - 2013

A gender gap indicator is constructed for the Italian regions, with the aim of highlighting the geographical differences underlying Italyï¿½s backwardness at European and international level. The indicator, which adapts the Gender Equality Index developed by Plantenga et al. (2009) for 25...

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Wealth and inequality in Italy

D'Alessio, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2012

The paper describes first the evolution in total household wealth in Italy over the period 1965-2010 before addressing the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined until the beginning of the 1990s. It then grew...

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Investors' risk attitude and risky behavior: a Bayesian approach with imperfect information

Iezzi, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2008

In a choice model of risky assets the role of risk aversion is analyzed. The measure of risk preference comes from a direct subjective survey question and it is considered as an imperfect information about the true risk attitude of investors. Misclassification between the true and the observed...

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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2008

The multidimensional view of well-being is receiving growing attention, both in academic research and policy-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two problems in the use of synthetic multidimensional...

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The Distribution of Personal Income in Post-War Italy: Source Description, Date Quality, and the Time Pattern of Income Inequality.

Brandolini, A. - Banca d'Italia - 1999

The paper describes the sample surveys on the personal distribution of incomes conducted in post-war Italy: the first survey carried out by Istituto Doxa in 1947-48; the sample survey of household income and wealth conducted by the Bank of Italy since the late 1960s; the expenditure survey, and...

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Values, inequality and happiness

Biancotti, Claudia; D'Alessio, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European Social Survey for twenty-three countries, we find that individual views on a wide range of themes can be...

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La composizione familiare e lï¿½imposta sul reddito delle persone fisiche: unï¿½analisi degli effetti redistributivi e alcune considerazioni sul benessere sociale

Marino, Maria Rosaria; Rapallini, Chiara - Banca d'Italia - 2003

The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...

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