Income Inequality in Italy: Tendencies and Policy Implications

Maurizio Franzini and Michele Raitano

Chapter 3 in Italy in a European Context, 2015, pp 50-74 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Recently, the economic literature has been increasingly concerned with the inequality in income and in the standard of living both for individuals and households.1 Empirical evidence has proved that in most countries, during the last two or three decades, incomes have become more dispersed and also more and more concentrated in the hands of small and privileged segments of the society (the top 1 percent or 0.1 percent; Atkinson et al., 2011). The pace at which such developments have taken place has not been the same in all countries but, because of such developments, inequality is very high in several countries. Italy is one of them.

Keywords: Income Inequality; Welfare State; Disposable Income; Labor Income; Gini Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-56077-3_3

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