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EnglishThe current Italian income support policies are defective with respect to effi- ciency and equity. A reform must face five crucial choices: universal vs. categorical policies; transfers vs. subsidies; unconditional vs. means-tested policies; coverage; flat vs. progressive tax rules. Using a microeconometric model and a social wel- fare methodology, we simulate—under fiscal neutrality and market equilibrium—the effects of 30 policies obtained from three basic types: conditional basic income, unconditional basic income and wage subsidies. The alternative reforms are evalu- ated according to four different social welfare criterion: the pure utilitarian and three different versions of a Gini-type social welfare function. The pure utilitarian crite- rion favours reforms based on a wage subsidy or a combination of wage subsidies and transfers. The Gini-type criteria favour unconditional transfers or combinations of wage subsidies with unconditional transfers. Most of the reforms turn out to be preferable to the current system: the choice set available for selecting a “best” reform given different criteria is very large.
| Titolo: | Five Crossroads on the Way to Basic Income. An Italian Tour | |
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| Autori: | Colombino, Ugo | |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 | |
| Abstract: | The current Italian income support policies are defective with respect to effi- ciency and equity. A reform must face five crucial choices: universal vs. categorical policies; transfers vs. subsidies; unconditional vs. means-tested policies; coverage; flat vs. progressive tax rules. Using a microeconometric model and a social wel- fare methodology, we simulate—under fiscal neutrality and market equilibrium—the effects of 30 policies obtained from three basic types: conditional basic income, unconditional basic income and wage subsidies. The alternative reforms are evalu- ated according to four different social welfare criterion: the pure utilitarian and three different versions of a Gini-type social welfare function. The pure utilitarian crite- rion favours reforms based on a wage subsidy or a combination of wage subsidies and transfers. The Gini-type criteria favour unconditional transfers or combinations of wage subsidies with unconditional transfers. Most of the reforms turn out to be preferable to the current system: the choice set available for selecting a “best” reform given different criteria is very large. | |
| Volume: | 1 | |
| Fascicolo: | 3 | |
| Pagina iniziale: | 353 | |
| Pagina finale: | 389 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1007/s40797-015-0018-3 | |
| Parole Chiave: | Income support mechanisms, Basic income, Guaranteed minimum income, Wage subsidies, Tax reform simulation | |
| Rivista: | ITALIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 03A-Articolo su Rivista |
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