Vita e Pensiero

Abbonamento annuale a RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI.

Secondo fascicolo del 2020

The objective of the paper is the identification of the social, economic, demographic, national groups who have the perception of having been left behind after the Great Recession by the national and common institutions in Europe. To understand the origin of such disparities and the characteristics of the winners and the losers, we propose an overview of the evolution of income and wealth inequality during the Great Recession and, in particular, an evaluation of the polarization of income and wealth at the extremes of the distribution...

It is well known how high and persistent is the Italian public debt and its cost borne by citizens. Less known is the territorial dimension of the redistributive effects of this burden. In this article we try to shine a light on the regional financial redistribution of government securities in Italy over a long period of time. According to our findings, the financing burden, estimated using alternative criteria, is borne by all regions and, for most regions, the enjoyed benefits, as securities holders, are not sufficient to offset the amount paid through taxes...

Primo fascicolo del 2020

In the last five years the Italian manufacturing sector has reduced the growth gap vis-à-vis the euro area, in the face of a continuing growth differential in the service sector. The improvement of cost ompetitiveness is among the factors that led to this recovery in the manufacturing sector...

We study how individuals with different personality traits exhibit different personal propensity to unionise. While traditional models of trade union membership state that workers are rational decision makers and highlight benefits and costs of union membership, a growing literature investigates the effect of other factors on individuals’ decisions...