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Half a decade of crisis has had a substantial impact on the market for credit to Italian households. From 2008 through 2012 the share of indebted households decreased by 4 percentage points, to 23 per cent; among young households it fell by 12 points. The decline involved consumer credit and...
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The paper focuses on the consumer credit market in Italy and on the related risk of over-indebtedness. Using survey panel data, we investigate the impact of overindebtedness on consumption behaviour, evaluating in particular if consumer credit is used to cover gaps in income and if this is...
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The last decade has seen significant increases in consumer indebtedness in western countries, causing concern about its economic and social impact. In particular, over-indebtedness is attracting attention from national and international authorities because of its potential effect on both the...
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The article empirically analyses the phenomenon of vulnerability to poverty – meant as an individual’s likelihood of … the incidence of vulnerability to poverty at national and regional level. We find that potential poverty concerns an … on the rise: moving from north to south, the risk of becoming poor in the future triples. Vulnerability analysis turns …
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The article empirically analyses the phenomenon of vulnerability to poverty – meant as an individual’s likelihood of … the incidence of vulnerability to poverty at national and regional level. We find that potential poverty concerns an … on the rise: moving from north to south, the risk of becoming poor in the future triples. Vulnerability analysis turns …
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This paper presents a methodology to measure vulnerability to asset-poverty. Using repeated cross-section data, age …
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Many scholars recently highlighted the increase of individuals and families vulnerability in OECD countries. In Italy a … are identified; ii) on a macro level, we infer the main determinants of the vulnerability increase, verifying if the …
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The article empirically analyses the phenomenon of vulnerability to poverty – meant as an individual’s likelihood of … the incidence of vulnerability to poverty at national and regional level. We find that potential poverty concerns an … on the rise: moving from north to south, the risk of becoming poor in the future triples. Vulnerability analysis turns …
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After the crisis, from 2008 to 2010 the share of indebted households decreased both owing to a reduction in loan demand and stricter supply conditions. The reduction regarded mortgages and involved low-income households and the self-employed. Recourse to consumer credit remained stable; it...
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