Quando avere un lavoro non basta a proteggere dalla povertà
- Chiara Saraceno,
Having a job is not always a guarantee against poverty, for oneself and one's family. This depends on the one hand on the level of income acquired through work, on the other hand on the worker’s family situation. While a low income does not always lead to poverty in terms of consumption - if the worker’s family is able to provide additional incomes - on the contrary, an average income may not be sufficient if it is the only one in a family compose by several members. Low or intermittent work incomes, on the one hand, and high incidence of single-income families on the other hand - especially if they count several children - are among the main causes of poverty despite a work income. Above all, the second phenomenon explains why Italy is among the European countries with a relatively high percentage of poor workers on a family basis, a condition which is also the cause of a high incidence of child poverty.
- Keywords:
- poor workers,
- income and poverty,
- child poverty,
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-041-2
- Series: Lectio Magistralis
- Scientific Board: Lezioni e Letture della Scuola di Scienze politiche «Cesare Alfieri»
- Language: Italian
- Subjects: Sociology
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-7392-2127
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- Publication Year: 2020
- Pages: 56
- eISBN: 978-88-5518-041-2
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2020 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2020
- Pages: 56
- ISBN: 978-88-5518-040-5
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2020 Author(s)
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Book Title
Quando avere un lavoro non basta a proteggere dalla povertà
Authors
Chiara Saraceno
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56
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2020
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Firenze University Press
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Lectio Magistralis
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