undoubtedly represents a turning point for the country's policy against poverty. In order to provide an evaluation of its … problems such as poverty and unemployment and will therefore be a fundamental element supporting this paper's conclusions. The … findings and the study of the connecting link between poverty and unemployment, a relationship that, as it will be argued, the …

results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …