The mobility of Italy’s middle income group

Chiara Assunta Ricci ()
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Chiara Assunta Ricci: Sapienza, Università di Roma

PSL Quarterly Review, 2016, vol. 69, issue 277, 173-197

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the drivers of mobility of the middle-income group in Italy and assessing the changes of the vulnerability of these groups during the recent recession. The findings reveal a general impoverishment of the middle-income group due to the recession and show an increasing rigidity of the Italian social structure. Lower entry and exit rates between groups emerge after 2008, possibly due to a growing weakness of the welfare state and the increasing inability of families to cope with unforeseen difficulties.

Keywords: Middle Income Groups; Mobility; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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