Autore
Sgritta, Giovanni B.

Titolo
Politiche e misure della povertà: il reddito di cittadinanza
Periodico
Politiche Sociali
Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 39 - Pagina finale: 56

The introduction of the basic income filled an important gap in policies to combat poverty.As stated in the decree of Law n. 4/2019, «the basic income is a fundamental measure ofactive labour policy and a guarantee of the right to work, to combat poverty, inequalityand social exclusion, as well as to promote the right to information, to the education,training and culture through policies aimed at economic support and social inclusion ofthose at risk of marginalization in society and in the world of work». The need to keep theplurality of these objectives together, and at the same time to limit the eligibility criteria,however, heavily influenced the efficacy of the basic income. Nine months after its entryinto force, some critical issues can already be highlighted: i) on the average, the monthlyamount of the benefit is relatively small (¤ 522); ii) the equivalence scale adopted penalizeslarger families, especially with dependent children; iii) the number of beneficiaries isless than half of what could reasonably have been expected by taking as a benchmark thenumber of households and individuals in absolute poverty; iv) the lack of work in someareas of the country, in particular in the Southern regions, jeopardizes the main politicalaim of this measure, i.e. to promote the job placement, with the risk of reducing it to asimple instrument of social assistance.



SICI: 2284-2098(2020)1<39:PEMDPI>2.0.ZU;2-I
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