Persistently low employment of women in some countries can still be ascribed to a
traditional perception of women's role in society. According to observed data and prevailing …

This paper provides novel evidence on the importance of the phenomenon of poverty and its
heterogeneity across European countries. We analyze the determinants of poverty in Europe …

The analysis of poverty persistence received considerable attention in recent years. In this
paper we explore the role of the adopted poverty measure in the analysis of its persistence …

This paper gives extensive evidence about disposable income inequality inside the regions
of Italy and its associated population features. It explores whether the Great Recession …

Motivated by an interest in investigating factors associated with poverty risks in Italy, our
study provides insight into the relationship between various socio-economic, demographic …

We analyze whether the risk of poverty deteriorates with the crisis in France, Greece, Italy
and Spain, for different categories of households, individual features and policy instruments …

This paper studies whether there are systematic differences in the ability of cash transfers,
belonging to different welfare systems, to reach the poor and to lift them out of poverty. We …

When and why do politicians introduce minimum income reforms? Traditionally, this policy
sector has been considered less invested by partisan politics dynamics, in reason of low …

This paper uses a novel micro econometric approach to analyze the impact of social benefits
on the individual probabilities of poverty exit and entry in Italy, and their relative importance …

Social transfers define all forms of goods and services provided by the public authority to
their citizens, who are below a certain social level, with the aim of contributing to individual …