The aim of this paper is to sum up the main issues at stake in the European Union, concerning gender equality in social inclusion and social protection policies. As is well known “Equality between women and men” is one of the founding principles of the Treaty of the European Union. However,...

Italian Abstract: Analizziamo il ruolo dello Stato negli investimenti sociali (istruzione, servizi sanitari, ecc.), diversi da quelli delle infrastrutture. Lo facciamo perché, nell'attuale situazione economica e sociale, questo tipo di investimento, oltre a rafforzare il modello sociale...

Italian Abstract: Finora, la mancanza di dati coerenti e affidabili sulla microfinanza in Europa ha impedito di condurre un'analisi completa delle prestazioni degli istituti di microfinanza (IFM), in particolare la loro capacità di soddisfare le aspettative politiche in termini di obiettivi...

Marcella Corsi and her co-workers analyze the social and economic impact that microfinance programmes have on participant's lives, particularly on women in the Mediterranean countries. They identify the changes of the women who took part in the microcredit programme. They examine the consumption...

Active ageing strategies have so far strongly focussed on increasing senior workers employment rates through pension reforms to develop incentives to retire later on the one hand, and labour market policies on the other hand. Most measures are based on the dominant male trajectory of work and...

Italian Abstract: Partendo dall'idea di Sylos Labini di interazione tra azione dello Stato e mercato, gli autori analizzano il sistema pensionistico italiano in termini di efficienza economica e redistribuzione del reddito.Testo del discorso tenuto alla conferenza "Paolo Sylos Labini e la...

Marcella Corsi and Kristian Orsini analyse poverty levels in six European countries: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. They focus on child poverty, taking into account differences in demographic structure, actual redistribution policies towards younger...

The Italian case can be considered as an internationally relevant example to suggest a critical reflection on the evaluation criteria adopted in research assessment exercises, pointing at the need of clear and shared guidelines based on transparency and accountability and aiming at preserving...

By considering the case of Italy we show that despite much rhetoric and expectations about the fact that women have gradually overcome men in terms of educational attainments, they still lack behind in terms of the main skills and competencies that can profitably be used in the market. On the...

We analyse Italy’s research evaluation exercise to discuss the issue of evaluating re-search in economics. We claim that evaluation and its criteria, together with its linkage to research institutions’ financing, are likely to affect the direction of research, in a problematic way. We claim...