[PDF] Top 20 Social capital, poverty and social exclusion in Italy

... “Social Capital and Poverty Reduction” pg ...level, social capital might be considered a social asset derived from a system based on trust, share values and ... See full document

... the social and the multidimensional nature of poverty/social ...such exclusion; and (ii) it is based on a dichotomous concept of social exclusion: given a poverty line for ... See full document

... and social capital, social insecurity, gender discrimination, commodification of women, social exclusion, marginalisation, inadequate and outdated state policies, lack of governance, ... See full document

... of poverty in each country in ...of poverty in 2003 (see methodological notes), ...of poverty in the ...highest poverty rate are Slovakia, Ireland, Greece (21%) followed by Portugal, ... See full document

... and social exclusion functions accounted for just ...in Italy and Poland. In Italy, there is no general minimum guaranteed income: a minimum insertion income was introduced in 2000 on an ... See full document

... find social relations sufficiently beneficial to enable a climb out of ...about social isolation is that, at least under the parameterization we employ, it depends primarily on a household’s initial ... See full document

... on social networks in low-income economies and social network formation and relate them to the concept of social network capital used in this ...optimal social network ...stable ... See full document

... the social reform movement in this ...that social policies of the social welfare state were championed by individuals and organizations with moral and ethical values resulting from spiritual or ... See full document

... Among key issues are: the labour market and new kinds of employment; financing social protection; poverty and social exclusion, disadvantaged groups, low incomes and forces behind margin[r] ... See full document

... linking social capital sono rappresentati efficacemente dal primo asse fattoriale, che pertanto può essere utilizzato ancora una volta per classificare le regioni italiane in base al livello di sviluppo ... See full document

... of social and institutional factors in the economic performance in Italy (Arrighetti, Serravalli and Lasagni, 2001, Sabatini, 2005 and 2006) and from other Italian sources of socio-economic indicators ... See full document

... (NAPS) Social Inclusion Forum, which was established by the government in 2002, is one of the ways in which the government monitors progress that has been made towards the achievement of the national targets for ... See full document

... Persistent risk of poverty The share of the population living on a low income for an extended period of time is of particular policy concern, which is why another measure of poverty risk[r] ... See full document

... of social exclusion, as those who are truly suffering from this are necessarily extremely difficult to ...of) social exclusion feel let down by society and are likely to have a low level of ... See full document

... independently in the community. From 1990 there have been more studies using different research designs. These include outcome studies, surveys, cohort studies, policy research, as well as programme evaluations. These ... See full document

... for Social Inclusion and the former Combat Poverty Agency under the auspices of the Department of Social and Family Affairs began work on the development of the Irish 2010 European Year Programme in ... See full document

... of social capital or the other way round? A set of social capital measures might capture also some other elements not taken into account in the research but maybe crucial for the ... See full document

... and social exclusion infers causality from regularity in ways that are inspired by Hume (1985[1739]): if variations in (prior) x are conjoined with those in (posterior) y, x is said to be the cause of ... See full document

... Income distribution is always being a central concern of economic theory and economic policy. Classical economists such as Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo are mainly concerned with factor income ... See full document

... for social security. The poverty rate reduction that can be attrib- uted to old-age and survivor pensions is one of the lowest in the countries compared (on average it is only half the reduction achieved in ... See full document