This paper presents the main findings of the Survey on Household Income and Wealth for the Italian region of Lombardy. To get a large enough sample, the observations on 2004, 2006, and 2008 were pooled. The work sets out the structural characteristics for Lombardy prior to the crisis, with...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro descrive l'evoluzione dell'indagine sui bilanci delle famiglie dalla sua origine nei primi anni sessanta fino ad oggi, illustrando in che modo le innovazioni che si sono susseguite nel corso del tempo hanno consentito di migliorare la qualità dei dati raccolti e...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro esamina sia la persistenza intergenerazionale delle condizioni economiche familiari in termini di istruzione, reddito e ricchezza, sia l'importanza delle condizioni di partenza nello spiegare il successo degli italiani. I risultati collocano l'Italia nel novero dei...

This paper provides a reconstruction of the joint distribution of Italian households' income and wealth in the years ranging from 1968 to 1975. Exploiting the information available in some historical reports recently published by the Bank of Italy, the paper reconstructs synthetic microdata...

Italian Abstract: In questo lavoro si stima l'andamento dei prezzi delle case e quello dei terreni sottostanti dal 1927 al 2012. Al netto dell'inflazione, nel periodo in esame i prezzi delle case sono più che triplicati, mentre nelle grandi città sono quintuplicati. L'aumento risulta...

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...

The last decade has seen significant increases in consumer indebtedness in western countries, causing concern about its economic and social impact. In particular, over-indebtedness is attracting attention from national and international authorities because of its potential effect on both the...

During the last two decades, house prices in Italy have increased dramatically in real terms, particularly in large towns and cities; the rise in rents has been even more marked. This paper analyses home affordability for households, considering both the rent and the property markets. In...

The Bank of Italy's Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) is widely used to study the economic behavior of Italian households. Like most similar surveys, the SHIW is biased downward in its estimates by the lesser propensity of wealthy families to participate and by the tendency to...

In the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) conducted by the Bank of Italy, the flow variables (income and consumption) refer to the year preceding the interview while the stock variables (household composition and net wealth) refer to the end of the year. However, there are some...