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Targeting Welfare in Italy: Old Problems and Perspectives of Reform

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Massimo Baldini ()
Paolo Bosi ()
Stefano Toso ()

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This paper has two principal objectives. Using a tax benefit microsimulation model and 1998 microdata of the Bank of Italy survey, 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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Paper provided by Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia Politica in its series Center for the Analysis of Public Policies (CAPP) with number 0009.

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Keywords: Social Assistance; Targeting; Poverty; Inequality; Italy;

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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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  1. Francesca Utili & Massimo V. Rostagno, 1998. "The Italian Social Protection System - The Poverty of Welfare," IMF Working Papers 98/74, International Monetary Fund.
  2. Mitchell, Deborah & Harding, Ann & Gruen, Fred, 1994. "Targeting Welfare," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 70(210), pages 315-40, September.
  3. 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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  1. Francesco Devicienti & Valentina Gualtieri, 2007. "The Dynamics and Persistence of Poverty: Evidence from Italy," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 63, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies. [Downloadable!]
  2. 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. [Downloadable!]
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  3. O'donoghue C & Albuquerque J & Baldini M & Bargain O & Bosi P & Levy H & Mantovani D & Matsaganis M & Mercader-prats M & Farinha rodrigues C & 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!]
  4. Narazani E & Shima I, 2008. "Labour Supply Modelling In Italy When Minimum Income Scheme Is An Option," EUROMOD Working Papers EM6/08, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  5. 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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