ISSA
Promoting and Developing Social Security Worldwide.
Italy
Total population (m.):  60.1
GDP per capita (USD):  30353

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Changes in the regulation of responsibilities towards childcare needs in Italy and the Netherlands: different timing, increasingly different approaches
Knijn, Trudie, 2011, 444-456
This article comparatively analyses how the responsibilities towards childcare needs have been framed and addressed in Italy and the Netherlands following the increase in women’s labour market participation. According to the authors, the differing developments in these two...
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Pension awareness and nation-wide auto-enrolment: the Italian experience
Rinaldi, Ambrogio, , Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, 2011, 22 p.
The paper discusses the Italian experience in developing its system of private, supplementary pensions, as a case study of the implementation of nation-wide auto-enrolment mechanisms; in the discussion, attention is devoted to pension awareness issues. Auto-enrolment (i.e. the...
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Exploring the Impacts of Public Childcare on Mothers and Children in Italy: Does Rationing Play a Role?
Brilli. Ylenia, ; et al., , IZA, 2011, 35 p.
This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children's scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test scores of pupils attending second grade of primary school...
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Devolution, Diversity and Welfare Reform: Long-term Care in the "Latin Rim"
Costa-Font, Joan, 2010, 481-494
Understanding long-term care (LTC) reform is at the core of the study of European social policy. Particularly important are the effects of regional devolution on the development of LTC services, being one of the few areas only subject to limited welfare retrenchment. One...
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The social situation in the European Union 2009
European Commission, , 2010, 364 p.
The Social Situation Report — published annually since 2000 — presents key indicators in 17 statistical portraits that address a range of social policy concerns for the European Union: population; education and training; labour market; social protection; income, social...
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Self-Employment in Europe
EEO Network Services, , European Commission, 2010, 82 p.
In July 2010, 33 national articles on the theme of self-employment were commissioned from the European Employment Observatory (EEO) network of SYSDEM experts. This document summarises key messages emerging from these articles and draws links with policy developments, studies...
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Is social security secure with NDC?
Boeri, Tito; Galasso, Vincenzo, Institute for the Study of Labor, 2010, 29 p.
The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in the nineties was motivated, among other things, by the need (i) to ensure the long term financial sustainability of the public pension system by linking...
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Is there an extended family of Mediterranean welfare states?
Gal, John, 2010, 283-301
The goal of this article is to suggest that an extended family of Mediterranean welfare states exists and that it consists of eight different nations, some of which have been ignored in the ongoing discourse on Mediterranean welfare states. More specifically, it is claimed...
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How to strengthen the credibility of the Italian pension reform
Coda Moscarola, Flavia; Fornero, Elsa, 2009, p.591-601
As a result of the reform process undertaken in the 1990s, the Italian pension system has replaced a generous but unsustainable Defined Benefit formula with a Notional Defined Contribution (NDC) formula and opened the path for voluntary-based second and third pillars. While...
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The Annuity Market in an Evolving Pension System: Lessons from Italy
Guazzarotti, Giovanni; Tommasino, Pietro, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, 2008, 26 p.
We describe the main characteristics of the Italian annuity market in a comparative perspective. We present for the first time a comprehensive dataset concerning annuity prices in Italy, and compute indicators of actuarial fairness (money’s worth ratios). It turns out that...
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Continuity and change in the southern European social model
Karamessini, Maria, 2008, 43-70
Over the past 20 years or so, the southern European model has undergone substantial change in every way. The changes in industrial relations, wage-setting and employment protection legislation have tended to increase wage and labour flexibility and restrict labour market...
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Retraites des femmes : une appréciation des réformes en France, en Allemagne, en Italie et en Suède
Chagny, Odile; Monperrus-Veroni, Paola, 2008, 3-4
Dans la plupart des pays, les réformes des retraites combinent une baisse du montant des pensions garanties par les régimes contributifs, une introduction à des doses plus ou moins importantes d’un étage en capitalisation, et des mesures visant au report de l’âge de...
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Social and Family Policies in Italy: Not Totally Frozen but Far from Structural Reforms
Naldini, Manuela; Saraceno, Chiara, 2008, p 733-748
This article analyses the main shifts in the political and public discourse about families, children, elderly people, care needs and women-friendly policies in Italy over the last two decades. It shows that while family and gender relationships have become an ideologically...
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A global look at public perceptions of health problems, priorities, and donors: the Kaiser/Pew global health survey
What are the biggest health challenges and are donors doing enough?: countries have their say

Brodie, Mollyann; ... et al., , Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007, 80 p.
This survey, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, asked people in 47 countries around the world how they perceived and prioritised health challenges, as well as their opinions of donor efforts. Findings showed that HIV and...
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Ente Nazionale di Previdenza e di Assistenza per i Lavoratori dello Spettacolo e dello Sport Professionistico
ENPALS
Scopo dell'assicurazione obbligatoria per l'invalidità, la vecchiaia ed i superstiti è di fornire agli assicurati, al momento della loro uscita dal mercato del lavoro, una fonte di reddito che consenta loro di provvedere, in modo autonomo, al proprio sostentamento. (Fonte:...
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Istituo nazionale della previdenza sociale
Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS), INPS
L'attività principale consiste nella liquidazione e nel pagamento delle pensioni che sono di natura previdenziale e di natura assistenziale. Le prime sono determinate sulla base di rapporti assicurativi e finanziate con il prelievo contributivo: pensione di vecchiaia,...
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Istituto nazionale di previdenza per i dipendenti dell'amministrazione pubblica
Istituto nazionale di previdenza per i dipendenti dell'amministrazione pubblica, INDPAP
L'Inpdap costituisce il polo previdenziale per i pubblici dipendenti e gestisce i trattamenti previdenziali (pensionistici e di fine rapporto), creditizi (prestiti e mutui) e sociali dei dipendenti iscritti all'Istituto (Case Albergo per anziani, convitti, centri vacanze,...
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Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro
Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro, INAIL
L’INAIL, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, persegue una pluralità di obiettivi: ridurre il fenomeno infortunistico; assicurare i lavoratori che svolgono attività a rischio; garantire il reinserimento nella vita lavorativa degli infortunati...
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Riforma della previdenza complementare
Ministero del Lavoro e delle politiche sociali, Ministero del Lavoro e della Previdenza Social
Dall’inizio degli anni Novanta il sistema pensionistico italiano è stato oggetto di un articolato processo di riforma volto a contenere la spesa pensionistica in modo da garantirne la sostenibilità finanziaria. Tale riforma rappresenta un’importante evoluzione nella...
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CERP : Center for research on pensions and welfare policies
CeRP, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies
CeRP is the first research centre in Italy (and one of the first in Europe) with a specific focus on pension economics and the economics of ageing. (Source: cerp.unito.it)
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CLEISS : Régimes locaux
Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale, CLEISS
Cette page web aborde les différents aspects des systèmes de protection sociale locale dans les différents pays : organisation, financement, risques couverts. (Source : CLEISS)
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Mutual Information System on Social Protection – MISSOC
European Commission, , European Commission
MISSOC provides basic information about most of the social protection areas in each country, as well as about the financing of social protection, with highly structured and comparative information in over 300 information categories, grouped in 12 tables.
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World Health Organization : Countries
WHO
The Country Health Profile provides an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (Source: who.int)
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NATLEX : Country Profiles
ILO
The NATLEX COUNTRY PROFILES DATABASE brings together information on national labour law and the application of international labour standards in one portal. The profiles include: - Basic information (membership, ILO office, etc.) - Ratifications -- including ratifications of...
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ILO social security inquiry
Population data, Scheme information, Indicators

ILO
The objective of the ILO Social Security Inquiry (SSI) is to collect, store and disseminate comparable statistical data on social security worldwide. This includes expenditure and receipts of social protection schemes as well as data on protected persons, recipients of social...
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Annual and statistical reports

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Bilancio sociale [Istituto Nazionale di Assistenza Sociale]
Istituto nazionale di assistenza sociale, Istituto Nazionale di Assistenza Sociale

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Occupazione e retribuzioni dei Lavoratori dello Spettacolo e dello Sport
Coordinamento statistico-attuariale ENPALS

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Rapporto annuale [Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza per i Dipendenti dell'Amministrazione Pubblica]
Istituto nazionale di previdenza per i dipendenti dell'amministrazione pubblica, Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza e Assistenza per i Dipendenti dell'Amministrazione Pubblica

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Rapporto annuale [Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale]
Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS), Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale

Italian
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Bilancio sociale IPSEMA
Istituto di Previdenza per il Settore Marittimo

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Rapporto annuale INAIL
Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

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ASPIP Annual Report: Pensions, Health and Long-term Care in Italy
Analytical Support on the Socio-Economic Impact of Social Protection Reforms, , European Commission
The ASPIP's annual report covers the subject areas of pensions, health, and long-term care in Italy. This report contains a commented review of reforms initiated during the previous 12 months period, as well as an overview of both topical social policy and relevant academic...
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