second part of a research on regional inequalities in income distribution. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept …

framework is used in the convergence analysis to investigate the role of every single component in the process. The results in … term of ß-convergence are compared to other studies, to the evidence of s-convergence analysis and to the results obtained …

how the combined effect of the two interventions increases the progressivity of the system and reduces inequality (these …

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. …

. The period is characterized by very slow improvements in real average incomes, and by a significant increase in inequality … and poverty levels. These changes are in contrast to what seems to have taken place in Italy as a whole, at least until … 2006. Finally, we focus on a subjective measure of income poverty and on the role played by immigrants in shaping these …