Reforms guided by consensus: The welfare state in the Italian transition

Ferrera, Maurizio; Gualmini, Elisabetta

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“…This 'revolutionary' package (Ferrera and Gualmini 2000) was more ambitious than previous legislation in three respects: stabilizing pension spending as a proportion of GDP, reducing inequity and removing labour market disincentives. This 'revolutionary' package (Ferrera and Gualmini 2000) was more ambitious than previous legislation in three respects: stabilizing pension spending as a proportion of GDP, reducing inequity and removing labour market disincentives.…”

Section: (A) Italymentioning

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“…In 1995, the Dini government adopted another major reform package. This 'revolutionary' package (Ferrera and Gualmini 2000) was more ambitious than previous legislation in three respects: stabilizing pension spending as a proportion of GDP, reducing inequity and removing labour market disincentives. On 8 May 1995, the government signed a formal agreement with the unions, which later polled workers to get their approval of the reform draft (Baccaro 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, it included provisions for the gradual harmonization of public and private sector pensions, introduced a more restrictive benefit formula and a shift from a wage indexing to price indexing, and increased contributions (Ferrera and Gualmini 2000). The 1992 reform passed under the Amato government was one of the most important and had three broad aims: cost containment, reducing fraud and inefficiency, and removing dysfunctional programme features.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the public system, the reform increased the minimum contribution period from 15 to 20 years, tightened the rules of seniority pensions, and increased the retirement age for men (65) and women (60) in the private sector by five years. In addition, it included provisions for the gradual harmonization of public and private sector pensions, introduced a more restrictive benefit formula and a shift from a wage indexing to price indexing, and increased contributions (Ferrera and Gualmini 2000). Although the Amato reform was important for promoting harmonization and cost containment, its impact on public pension spending was limited because of long phase-in periods (Ferrera and Jessoula 2007: 433).…”

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European Integration and Pension Policy Change: Variable Patterns of Europeanization in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium

Anderson

Kaeding²

2013

Brit J Industrial Rel

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This article investigates how European welfare states respond to reform pressures arising from European integration. We focus on the field of public pensions and examine the impact of two institutional variables that mediate the impact of reform pressures: the extent of public pension provision and the number of national political veto points. We argue that, all else equal, memberstates with few veto points and a relatively small public pension sector are the most likely cases of policy change in response to Europeanization, whereas member-states with a high number of veto points and extensive public pension commitments are the least likely candidates for policy change. We test these arguments in four cases of Europeanization in three countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy).

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Section: (A) Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: (A) Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: (A) Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: (A) Italymentioning

confidence: 99%

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European Integration and Pension Policy Change: Variable Patterns of Europeanization in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium

Anderson

Kaeding²

2013

Brit J Industrial Rel

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“…Finland and Italy represent two different welfare models: the social-democratic (Esping- Andersen, 1990) and the southern European regime (Flora, 1986;Ferrera, 1996Ferrera, , 2000Saraceno, 2002). The main elements of the two welfare regimes are outlined in relation to the process of building integrated services.…”

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Integrated Services in Activation Policies in Finland and Italy: A Critical Appraisal

Genova¹

2008

Social Policy & Society

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The integration of welfare services in activation policies has been one of the common answers to welfare challenges in EU member states over the last two decades. The process has been interwoven with the rescaling both downwards and upwards of welfare regulative authorities. The article discusses the role of integrated services in activation policies in relation to the centralisation and decentralisation of welfare policies in a comparative perspective of different EU welfare regimes and highlights the role of local institutional milieus in shaping path-dependent modes of governance in integrated services.

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Framing European Integration in Germany and Italy: Is the EU Used to Justify Pension Reforms?

Stiller¹

European Research Reloaded: Cooperation and Europeanized States Integration Among Europeanized States

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Reforms guided by consensus: The welfare state in the Italian transition

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

European Integration and Pension Policy Change: Variable Patterns of Europeanization in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium

European Integration and Pension Policy Change: Variable Patterns of Europeanization in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium

Integrated Services in Activation Policies in Finland and Italy: A Critical Appraisal

Framing European Integration in Germany and Italy: Is the EU Used to Justify Pension Reforms?

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