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, it commits to a specific poverty reduction target and pays explicit attention to issues related to inequality. First, the … message is that if income inequality remains constant, the target of poverty eradication can be only be reached if there are …
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negative correlation between social capital and inequality. This chapter provides some empirical findings on Italy that confirm …
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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. …
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Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro si propone il compito di illustrare brevemente la questione della spesa pubblica con particolare riferimento alla valutazione della rapporto costi benefici.Dopo un primo esame dei beni da sussidiare o disincentivare e si accenna a questioni quali trade-off tra...
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this paper aims at examining the federal housing policy at present in place in the United States of America. The most significant initiatives are the “public housing” program, that provides rental housing for eligible low-income families, and “Section 8”, that grants, through the...
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Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro analizza il sistema di ammortizzatori sociali (il sussidio di disoccupazione e le integrazioni salariali in costanza di rapporto di lavoro) e di politiche attive vigente in Italia e lo confronta con i sistemi prevalenti nei principali paesi europei....
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We study the effect of a reform of the Swedish disability insurance (DI) program whereby the special eligibility rules for workers in the age group 60 to 64 were abolished. First, we use a differences-in-differences approach to study changes in the disability take-up as compared to the age group...
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Italian Abstract: In questo lavoro si calcola la domanda di riscaldamento a livello di singola famiglia, integrando i dati sui consumi energetici necessari per riscaldare alcune tipologie di edifici con le informazioni disponibili nell'Indagine sulle spese delle famiglie dell'Istat. Questa nuova...
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Italian Abstract: Il dibattito sulla povertà in Italia negli ultimi settant’anni è caratterizzato da alcuni pas-saggi significativi: la Commissione parlamentare di inchiesta sulla miseria e sui mezzi per com-batterla nei primi anni cinquanta; il lungo periodo della Commissione Povertà,...
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We analyze households’ economic freedom to determine their standard of living, characterized by their capacity to spend on housing, utilities, food, and transport: economic poverty is a lack of freedom due to budgetary constraints. We propose three new measures. The first is the classical...
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