The paper analyses the static and dynamic risk of poverty in the enlarged European Union. In the first part of the paper an overview of cross-sectional poverty rates in 25 European Member States (apart from Romania and Bulgaria) using several indexes is presented and assessed. In the second...

During the last decade, the internal migration flows from Southern Italy to the central and northern regions of the country have become more significant. Unlike the past, these flows are characterised by a strong incidence of qualified workers with secondary or tertiary education. Also, even in...

The paper provides an analysis of labour mobility in Italy, with a joint analysis of residence transfers and "long-range� commuting. In the period 1990-2005, migration inflows have increased in the Centre North, both in short- and long-range component. In the South, by contrast, the low...

Italian Abstract: La rilevanza delle statistiche sulla povertà si è accresciuta dopo l'annuncio, nell'aprile del 2013, dei due nuovi obiettivi strategici della Banca Mondiale (BM): ridurre la percentuale di popolazione mondiale in povertà estrema al di sotto del 3 per cento entro il 2030...

The poverty line, which has been set by the World Bank in 1990 at 1.08USD/day PPA contains three major errors: it does not refer to a clear definition of poverty; it uses wrong PPA factors converting national poverty lines and it is based on limited data from two countries with the highest...

We construct a detailed dataset, base on National Accounts, from 1991 to 2012, and the Bank of Italy survey on households in 2010, to measure the global tax burden on households consumer in Italy, distinguishing between direct, indirect taxes and social contributions. Global tax burden is...

The aim of this paper is the analysis of vulnerability within families in nine regions of Italy and represents the second part of a research on regional inequalities in income distribution. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept and the use of monetary income as a single measure of...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro sfrutta i dati fiscali per un'analisi della distribuzione del reddito a livello territoriale in Italia. Nel 2011 l'indice di Gini, la misura più comune della disuguaglianza, era pari al 40 per cento. Nel Mezzogiorno l'indice era superiore di oltre 3 punti...

Questo paper presenta un questionario e una guida pratica per la misurazione del capitale sociale. Il lavoro vuole costituire un vero e proprio manuale rivolto a ricercatori, studenti e docenti, consulenti di impresa e operatori del terzo settore che per qualsiasi ragione, dalla redazione della...

The problems of migrants, their economic condition, their needs to see some basic needs met, including the ability to work in a dignified manner, is discussed in my contribution placing at the centre of the discourse the question of values. The present contribution has sought to address the...