there is no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …

on housing, utilities, food, and transport: economic poverty is a lack of freedom due to budgetary constraints. We … of food consumption for households below the food poverty line is startlingly low for families with children, and …

second part of a research on regional inequalities in income distribution. Poverty tends to be a multi-dimensional concept …

means of EUROMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model that considers pensions, means and non-means tested benefits. The … policies. Our results also show a reduction in inequality coupled with a slight improvement in income redistribution as well as … seems well conceived as it is able to increase social welfare, helping without rising inequality although reducing tax …

. The period is characterized by very slow improvements in real average incomes, and by a significant increase in inequality … and poverty levels. These changes are in contrast to what seems to have taken place in Italy as a whole, at least until … 2006. Finally, we focus on a subjective measure of income poverty and on the role played by immigrants in shaping these …