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March 26, 2026Journal of Family and Economic IssuesOpen Access

The Evolution of the Working Poor Phenomenon in Italy

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CMChiara Mussida

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Analysis explores in-work poverty trends in Italy, highlighting factors influencing this issue over time.

Key Points

  • This research aims to examine the trends and factors associated with in-work poverty in Italy from 2007 to 2022.
  • Analyzed four waves of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey (2007, 2013, 2019, 2022)
  • Used a pooled probit framework to identify factors related to in-work poverty
  • Employed Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition to analyze changes over time
  • Higher education, home ownership, and larger household sizes reduce in-work poverty risk
  • Foreign citizenship and single-person households increase the risk of in-work poverty
  • The sharpest rise in in-work poverty occurred between 2007 and 2013, largely due to compositional changes
  • COVID-19 had limited additional impact on in-work poverty, indicating successful emergency policies

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Chiara Mussida (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4ccd6fdc3bde448918812https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-026-10082-y
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