The age of discontent
Subtitle: Italian households at the beginning of the decade
By: by Tito Boeri, Andrea Brandolini.
Contributors: Brandolini, Andrea
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1530; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1530
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Households -- Italy.; Income -- Italy.; Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1994-
Description: "In the Italian public debate growing attention has been recently paid to "household impoverishment". Subjective indicators of economic condition show that this concern reflects a common sentiment of the Italian population. On the other hand, estimates based on the Bank of Italy's Survey of Household Income and Wealth reveal a surprising stability of income distribution in the period 1993-2002, after the sharp widening amid the 1991-92 recession. A number of possible reasons that can account for this apparent inconsistency are investigated: data deficiencies; disappointed expectations; significant distributive changes across socio-economic groups which have cancelled out at the aggregate level; higher income mobility not captured by static inequality indices"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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