This paper provides a survey of a number of studies conducted in recent years, above all at the Bank of Italy, aiming … at assessing the quality and the efficiency of public services in Italy. We consider services provided by the central … disposal, water and gas supply, and childcare). The analysis shows in general that Italy lags behind noticeably compared with …

emphasis on the data for Italy in the international context. The paper examines households' socio-demographic characteristics …, assets and income distribution, participation in real and financial assets and indebtedness levels. The results for Italy … reveal a mean household gross income below the euro-area average. The concentration of income in Italy is roughly positioned …