The Italian Social Protection System : The Poverty of Welfare /
Italy's system of social protection has come under criticism for being fragmented and excessively skewed toward pensioners and 'insiders.' After setting up a consolidated presentation of the social security accounts, this paper provides an empirical assessment of the effectiveness of...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Aikakauslehti |
| Kieli: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1998.
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| Sarja: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1998/074 |
| Linkit: | Full text available on IMF |
| Yhteenveto: | Italy's system of social protection has come under criticism for being fragmented and excessively skewed toward pensioners and 'insiders.' After setting up a consolidated presentation of the social security accounts, this paper provides an empirical assessment of the effectiveness of the welfare system, relying on a survey of households' incomes and wealth. It concludes that, owing to ill-designed targeting mechanisms, less than a quarter of total spending on the welfare instruments under review accrues to families whose own resources fall short of the poverty line. The paper then proposes a new means-testing formula. |
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| Ulkoasu: | 1 online resource (50 pages) |
| Aineistotyyppi: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Pääsy: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |