The Income Status of Italian Households at the time of Covid-19

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Daniela Bellani, Debora Mantovani
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/166
Language Italian Pages 30 P. 221-250 File size 355 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2023-166010
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had health and economic repercussions. The blocking of productive activities to contrast the spread of the virus has led to an increase in unemployment and a contraction in labour in-come. This paper analyses the income dynamics of Italian households in three different periods of 2020 - the year of the pandemic outbreak and the adoption of containment measures - as well as future income expectations. Data are drawn from the 2020 "Indagine Straordinaria sulle Famiglie Italiane" of the Bank of Italy. An effective contrast against the economic inequality exacerbated by the pandemic should be based on interventions targeted at those groups economically vul-nerable and marginalized before the outbreak of the pandemic.

Keywords: Covid-19, inequality, income, Italy.

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Daniela Bellani, Debora Mantovani, La condizione reddituale delle famiglie italiane all’epoca del Covid-19 in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 166/2023, pp 221-250, DOI: 10.3280/SL2023-166010