The Persistence of Income Poverty and Lifestyle Deprivation: Evidence From Italy

Devicienti, Francesco; Gualtieri, Valentina; Rossi, Mariacristina

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8586.2012.00444.x

Cited by 21 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, the field has largely taken a one-dimensional approach, using income as the sole measure of poverty. One exception was the study by Devicienti et al (2014) that examined poverty persistence in Italy using a multidimensional index of lifestyle deprivation as well as income poverty. Lifestyle deprivation was indicated by 13 items covering the lack of material goods (e.g., colour TV, washing machine, telephone, automobile), heating, food and furnishing quality, and paying bills on time, plus more psychosocial dimensions such as having a holiday and being able to afford social events (e.g., hosting friends or family for a drink or meal at least once a month).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Consistency and Continuity in Material and Psychosocial Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Prior studies on longitudinal continuity of adversity have mostly examined persistence of individual adversity, rather than of families and have focussed mainly on material disadvantage. However, adversity is multi-dimensional, and in the case of families with children, it includes psychosocial as well as material elements. While both material and psychosocial elements are recognized as critical to child development, these aspects of family adversity are often studied in isolation and there is a dearth of longitudinal evidence on the extent to which such factors are transient or persistent. Using the first three waves (

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Consistency and Continuity in Material and Psychosocial Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The household head is representative of the household economic condition. If he/she has a scarce earning capacity, because of a low level of education, and he/she is not well suited for the labour market, either very young or old, the household is more likely to live in poverty (Devicienti et al 2014).…”

Section: Previous Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Particularly, the presence of children, the elderly, or other members unable to participate in the labour market are associated with a high level of persistence (Aassve et al 2006;Devicienti et al 2014). The household head is representative of the household economic condition.…”

Section: Previous Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The causes of the Italian situation are a dual labour market combined with a scarcely supportive welfare system (Devicienti et al 2014). As far the labour market is concerned, middle-aged employees in medium-large firms are the most protected category, because they have access to more stable jobs and may benefit of social protection insurance in case of need, while women and young workers typically get into short-term, low-paying jobs with limited access to social insurance schemes (Baldini and Ciani 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Dynamics of persistent poverty in Italy at the beginning of the crisis

Coppola

Laurea

2016

Genus

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We propose an analysis of the persistent at risk of poverty (PARP) rate in Italy at the beginning of the Great Recession (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010). Italy represents an interesting case study because it has one of the highest PARP rates in Europe, together with a weak labour market, an inadequate social security system, and a pronounced territorial dualism. EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) longitudinal data are used. Logistic regression is applied to disentangle the relationship between household and main earner characteristics and the likelihood of being persistently poor. According to our results, male employees are more likely to hamper persistent poverty for their households; the opposite holds true for women as family breadwinner. Human capital endowment also shows a relevant role in preventing persistent poverty. The presence of children, instead, makes households more vulnerable. The South disadvantage slightly decreases at the beginning of the crisis. This is due to the worsening economic conditions in the North and Centre, affected to a wider extent by the economic downturn. The Italian welfare system appears ineffective in protecting worse-off households, and policies aimed at protecting employment, supporting women labour force participation, the elderly, and households with children would be needed.

show abstract

“…See, among others,Bane and Ellwood (1986),Jarvis and Jenkins (1997),Stevens (1999),Jenkins and Riggs (2001),Devicienti (2002),Biewen (2006),Card and Blank (2008),Hansen and Wahlberg (2009), Fertig andTamm (2010),Arranz and Cantó (2011), Devicienti (2011), Jenkins (2011,Devicienti et al (2014).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Public cash transfers and poverty dynamics in Europe

Kyzyma

Williams

2016

Empir Econ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Using individual-level data for 11 European countries, in combination with country-level data, this paper examines associations between the receipt of public transfers by individuals and their probabilities of exiting and entering poverty, as well as the total amount of time spent below the poverty line. Rather than focusing on welfare regime typology or shares of transfers in total income as most studies do, we partition total transfer income into separate transfer components and account for countries heterogeneity in their provision. The results show that an increase in the amount of unemployment transfers received by individuals is associated with higher probabilities of exiting poverty when these transfers are combined with well-developed active labor market policies. Old-age transfers become an important instrument for the reduction in time spent below the poverty line if they are generous in size and not progressively distributed along the total income distribution. Finally, an increase in the amount of family benefits received is associated with lower probabilities of poverty entry in the countries which spend larger shares of gross domestic product on child care facilities. B Iryna Kyzyma

show abstract

The Persistence of Income Poverty and Lifestyle Deprivation: Evidence From Italy

Cited by 21 publications

References 33 publications

Consistency and Continuity in Material and Psychosocial Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children

Consistency and Continuity in Material and Psychosocial Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children

Dynamics of persistent poverty in Italy at the beginning of the crisis

Public cash transfers and poverty dynamics in Europe

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About