This chapter focuses on para-subordinate workers in Italy, ie individuals who are legally self-
employed but who are often “economically dependent” on a single employer. The chapter …

The paper analyses the pension reforms implemented during and after the Great Crisis in
Italy (2011–2019), and evaluates whether a recalibration of the pension system and, more in …

The Canadian experience in pension policy poses two puzzles. First, unlike many other
affluent democracies, the Canadian pension design has been relatively stable; major …

Sono trascorsi ormai vent'anni da quando, nel 1995, fu approvata la riforma Dini, che
rivoluzionò il sistema pensionistico italiano sostituendo il tradizionale metodo di calcolo …

1. The multidimensional concept of sustainability.–2. Different reforms in pensions and
unemployment benefits.–3. Adjustment of NDB schemes and systemic reforms (NDC).–4 …

A litmus test of any welfare state today lies in its ability to sustain high employment levels.
High employment helps reduce budgetary pressure on governments and, particularly due to …

The thesis analyses the potential of insider/outsider divides for a political cleavage in
Western Europe following the defining elements of a cleavage (structure, collective identity …

The literature has shown that, on the one hand, retrenchment interventions in the 1990s
were made possible external constraints (vincolo esterno) posed by EU fiscal rules (Ferrera …

In many European countries, marginal part-time,(solo-) self-employment and secondary jobs
has been increasing since the last decades. The question about the provision of social …

In the period covered by this report (January 2010–May 2011) developments have been
rather different in the three social policy sectors of pensions, health care and long-term care …