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 …

quality in Italy in the past twenty years, as measured by the ratio of new bad loans to the outstanding amount of loans in the …

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 …

We provide an in-depth analysis of Italy's export performance relative to the other main euro-area countries over the …

Since 2015 consumer loans have been rising fast in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Credit demand, specifically for … consumer durables, has played a crucial role; the easing of supply conditions has been relevant only in Italy and Spain, which … decreasing due to the high share of fixed-rate contracts. There is wide risk heterogeneity across countries, with Italy and Spain …

capital income taxation in Italy, the EU and the US. The paper also analyses the recent evolution of capital taxation and … portfolio allocation in Italy. The findings point to high heterogeneity in the choice of the type of tax system, taxation level … system. Empirical evidence for Italy suggests that the tax burden on financial assets has increased in recent years but the …

and destroyed in Italy and in its regions in the years 2011-17. To do so, we apply a ‘jobs-based’ approach methodology … of Statistics (ISTAT). Our findings suggest that in the period, Italy experienced a polarisation pattern skewed towards … trends across Italy: while the central and northern regions are responsible for the growth not only in the share of workers …