in mean incomes between regions and helps to shed light on inequality within regions as well; the effects vary according … to the region and the variable. However, these features appear to influence nation-wide inequality only to a moderate …

indicators and income inequality. We find empirical evidence to state that the institutional background is essential to explain … the size of SE; income inequality is weakly correlated with SE; the level of GDP is correlated positively with SE as …

. The period is characterized by very slow improvements in real average incomes, and by a significant increase in inequality …

negative correlation between social capital and inequality. This chapter provides some empirical findings on Italy that confirm …

the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined … afterwards. By international standards, Italy does not have a high level of wealth inequality (contrary to the evidence available … together with the opinions on inequality collected by means of statistical surveys. …