Targeting welfare in Italy: old problems and perspectives on reform

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Targeting welfare in Italy: old problems and perspectives on reform

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Massimo Baldini
Stefano Toso
Paolo Bosi

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Massimo Baldini

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This paper has two principal objectives. Using a tax-benefit microsimulation model and the 1998 micro data of the Bank of Italy survey of household income and wealth, we first study the distributional effects of the current Italian income maintenance system and highlight its main defects and limitations, concerning in particular its unequal coverage of the population and its low efficiency in fighting poverty. The second aim is to describe and analyse the reforms recently implemented in this field; in particular, the Italian government has reformed the targeting criteria and introduced three new cash transfers. We describe these reforms both in their institutional characteristics and in their likely distributional consequences, and examine whether and to what extent they are able to overcome the shortcomings of the current system.

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Volume (Year): 23 (2002)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 51-75
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- Massimo Baldini & Paolo Bosi & Stefano Toso, 2000. "Targeting Welfare in Italy: Old Problems and Perspectives of Reform," Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) 0009, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia Politica. [Downloadable!]

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D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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Mitchell, Deborah & Harding, Ann & Gruen, Fred, 1994. "Targeting Welfare," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 70(210), pages 315-40, September.
Andrea Brandolini, 1999. "The Distribution of Personal Income in Post-War Italy: Source Description, Data Quality, and the Time Pattern of Income Inequality," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 350, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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- Brandolini, A., 1999. "The Distribution of Personal Income in Post-War Italy: Source Description, Date Quality, and the Time Pattern of Income Inequality," Papers 350, Banca Italia - Servizio di Studi.
- Andrea Brandolini, 1999. "The Distribution of Personal Income in Post-War Italy: Source Description, Data Quality, and the Time Pattern of Income Inequality," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 58(2), pages 183-239, September.

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Albuquerque J & Baldini M & Bargain O & Bosi P & Levy H & Mantovani D & Matsaganis M & Mercader-Prats M & O'Donoghue C & Farinha Rodrigues C & Spadaro A & Toso S & Terraz I & Tsakloglou P, 2002. "The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe," EUROMOD Working Papers em6/01, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
Massimo Baldini & Luca Beltrametti, 2005. "Alternative approaches to Long Term Care financing. Distributive implications and sustainability for Italy," Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) 0506, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia Politica. [Downloadable!]
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- Massimo Baldini & Luca Beltrametti, 2006. "Alternative Approaches to Long-term Care Financing. Distributive Implications and Sustainability for Italy," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Special Issues, Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 142(S (specia), pages 117-121, March. [Downloadable!]
Mike Brewer & Tom Clark, 2002. "The impact on incentives of five years of social security reform in the UK," IFS Working Papers W02/14, Institute for Fiscal Studies. [Downloadable!]

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