Purpose – This paper seeks to measure and characterise the extent of consumer over-indebtedness among the European Union (EU) member states. Design/methodology/approach – The study evaluates alternative measures of over-indebtedness on the basis of the permanent-income/life-cycle theories of...

This paper identifies methodologies and strategies appropriate for the development of indicators of well-being at the level of subnational regions, thus contributing towards the incorporation of the subnational dimension into public policy making. Considerations in adapting and augmenting...

Purpose – This paper seeks to measure and characterise the extent of consumer over‐indebtedness among the European Union (EU) member states. Design/methodology/approach – The study evaluates alternative measures of over‐indebtedness on the basis of the permanent‐income/life‐cycle...

A systematic procedure for the derivation of linearized variables for the estimation of sampling errors of complex nonlinear statistics involved in the analysis of poverty and income inequality is developed. The linearized variable extends the use of standard variance estimation formulae,...

MicroReg è un classico modello di microsimulazione, tax-benefit, costruito per la Regione Toscana dall’Irpet. L’obiettivo è quello di garantire al policy maker regionale un adeguato strumento di valutazione e programmazione delle politiche fiscali e di welfare, siano esse attuate a livello...