We estimate the consumption response of Italian households to the “€80 tax bonus” introduced in 2014, using the panel component on the Survey of Household Income and Wealth. We find that households that received the tax rebate increased their monthly consumption of food and means of...

At the beginning of 2017, Banca d'Italia conducted a survey to investigate financial literacy and inclusion among Italian adults. The survey is part of an OECD project to create an internationally comparable dataset on this important topic. The questionnaire was developed by the OECD...

We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury. Our results show that owners with either a low or a high...

Italian Abstract: Le indagini sul reddito e la ricchezza delle famiglie vengono in genere realizzate attraverso interviste personali. Negli ultimi anni è aumentata la diffusione di indagini che utilizzano Internet come strumento di rilevazione, sia per motivi economici sia per la rapidità con...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza i risultati dell’Indagine sull’Alfabetizzazione e le Competenze Finanziarie degli Italiani (IACOFI), condotta dalla Banca d’Italia all’inizio del 2020 seguendo la metodologia OCSE-INFE che definisce l’indicatore di competenze finanziarie come la...

In this paper we analyze the dynamics of response burden in the main business surveys conducted by Banca d'Italia and we investigate its relationship with some data quality indicators. We find evidence of a significant increase in actual burden over time which has contributed to amplifying the...

The Bank of Italy's Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) is widely used to study the economic behavior of Italian households. Like most similar surveys, the SHIW is biased downward in its estimates by the lesser propensity of wealthy families to participate and by the tendency to...

The financial and economic crisis that have shaken many countries in the last years have increased demand for timely, coherent and consistent distributional information for the household sector. In the Euro area, most of the national central banks collect such information through income and...