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Sample surveys providing high quality information on both total household expenditure (consumption) and income are not commonly available. Nevertheless, surveys focusing on income usually do collect some information on expenditure data. A main drawback of this practice is that it could let some...
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We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury. Our results show that owners with either a low or a high...
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Compared with other European countries, the Italian labour market stands out for the low level of both female participation and fertility. In this paper we focus on the employment patterns of Italian mothers around the time of childbirth. Our hypothesis is that the difficulties involved in...
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The sample estimates are uniformly below those of the Financial Accounts, even after harmonising all the definitions and the evaluation criteria. Such a problem can stem from the interviewee's unwillingness to disclose the actual value of the asset (under-reporting). The paper presents a method...
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Italian Abstract: Le indagini sul reddito e la ricchezza delle famiglie vengono in genere realizzate attraverso interviste personali. Negli ultimi anni è aumentata la diffusione di indagini che utilizzano Internet come strumento di rilevazione, sia per motivi economici sia per la rapidità con...
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In this paper we analyze the dynamics of response burden in the main business surveys conducted by Banca d'Italia and we investigate its relationship with some data quality indicators. We find evidence of a significant increase in actual burden over time which has contributed to amplifying the...
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The availability of microdata on both income and expenditure is highly recommended if one wants to assess the distributional consequences of policy changes. In Italy, the main sources used for estimating household income and expenditure are the Bank of Italy's Survey on Household Income and...
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The Bank of Italy's Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) is widely used to study the economic behavior of Italian households. Like most similar surveys, the SHIW is biased downward in its estimates by the lesser propensity of wealthy families to participate and by the tendency to...
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Official estimates of households' real assets are not available in Italy. Earlier research that reconstructed this component of wealth overlooked the components related to the activities of producer households. This paper presents a method for obtaining a valuation of the components of the real...
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Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza i risultati dell’Indagine sull’Alfabetizzazione e le Competenze Finanziarie degli Italiani (IACOFI), condotta dalla Banca d’Italia all’inizio del 2020 seguendo la metodologia OCSE-INFE che definisce l’indicatore di competenze finanziarie come la...
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