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Inequality in Italy
Full text linkInflation is usually assumed to affect all households with the same intensity. Since relative
prices are subject to continuous changes, each household, depending on its specific pattern of
consumption, is however characterised by a specific inflation rate. With the help of a rich set
of microdata, this paper studies the distribution of inflation rates across Italian households
during the period 1986-2004. The main findings are that rich households faced on average a
slightly higher inflation rate than poor households, and that some demographic characteristics
have been systematically associated with higher price increases. Also in 2002, the year of the
changeover, inflation has been slightly higher for the rich. Using individual prices indexes, it
is finally possible to show that, in the last few years, real living standards for many families
have worsened
Questioni valutative in relazione alla definizione di "povertà"
Full text linkQuesto contributo cerca di chiarire quali giudizi di valore siano alla base dei principali criteri di valutazione quantitativa della povertà, e quali conseguenze pratiche abbia la scelta di un indicatore piuttosto di un altro quando si desideri valutare come la povertà stia mutando nel tempo o tra paesi, o quali siano gli effetti sulla povertà di una certa scelta di policy. Seguendo la tradizione di vari studi su questo tema, dividiamo l’esposizione in tre parti, tenendo conto che per quantificare la povertà dobbiamo scegliere
1) lo spazio di valutazione,
2) la soglia che separa i poveri dagli altri e infine
3) l’indice numerico che misura il fenomeno
Long Run and Short Run Constraints in the Access to Private Health Care Services: Evidence from Selected European Countries
Full text linkThis paper aims at distinguishing long-run and short-run constraints in the access to private health care services. To this end, we apply the methodology proposed by Carneiro and Heckman (2003) to the SHARE database, a survey conducted in a number of European countries, involving some 22,000 individuals over the age of 50. Micro-data includes information on health and health consumption, and socioeconomic variables (like income and wealth). Our results show that the problem of short-run constraints in the access to private health care services could be real, especially in Italy, Greece, and to some extent Spain. Moreover, there appear to be differences in the role of credit constraints, both considering more specific services, and gender differences
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