Stefano Toso
Biographic Data
| ID | 225272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefano Toso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefano |
| FAMILY NAME | Toso |
| SIGNATURE | TOSO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The political drivers of antipoverty policy in Italy
This article analyses the political determinants of antipoverty policy in Italy between 1948 and 2022, providing a long-term analysis of the Italian minimum income scheme. We look for an explanation of that evolution drawing on three theoretical perspectives: veto players, gradual institutional change, and party competition. Our methodology is process tracing which involves the examination of ‘diagnostic’ pieces of evidence for our broad politica…
The political economy of Berlusconi’s tax-benefit policy
The aim of this article is to shed light on Berlusconi’s political strategy to reshape the state by examining some of the incentives for discretionary changes in the tax-benefit system during his administrations. We argue that by exploiting the typically categorical and fragmented nature of the Italian welfare system, Berlusconi’s governments engaged in the ‘art of manipulation’ within the tax-benefit framework, reflecting his efforts in social e…
The role of the left to the path to a minimum income policy in Italy
In 2018, Italy became the last of the E.U. member states to introduce a minimum income policy. Our work helps explain why Italy was a laggard in this field by investigating the role the Italian left played, historically, in the evolution of policies to combat poverty. This is a surprisingly neglected topic. We argue that until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Italian left focused on labour-market insiders – that is, full-time core workers – and a…
Reforming Family Transfers in Southern Europe
The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public assistance to low-income families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of income transfers to families in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal using a benefit-tax model. The distributional impact of actual programmes is shown to be weak, hence the scope for reform great. As an illustration, the European benefit…
Child Poverty and Family Transfers in Southern Europe
The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of family transfers (used broadly to include contributory family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child po…
The Italian School of Public Finance at the Turn of the Twentieth Century and the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem
In conclusion, it seems to us that even M. de la Palisse could summarize with short and precise arguments the issue of whether, and when, public debts burden present or future generations.-Maffeo Pantaleoni, "Imposta e prestito in riguardo alla loro pressione
Reforming Family Transfers in Southern Europe
The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public assistance to low-income families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of income transfers to families in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal using a benefit-tax model. The distributional impact of actual programmes is shown to be weak, hence the scope for reform great. As an illustration, the European benefit…
The political drivers of antipoverty policy in Italy
This article analyses the political determinants of antipoverty policy in Italy between 1948 and 2022, providing a long-term analysis of the Italian minimum income scheme. We look for an explanation of that evolution drawing on three theoretical perspectives: veto players, gradual institutional change, and party competition. Our methodology is process tracing which involves the examination of ‘diagnostic’ pieces of evidence for our broad politica…
The political economy of Berlusconi’s tax-benefit policy
The aim of this article is to shed light on Berlusconi’s political strategy to reshape the state by examining some of the incentives for discretionary changes in the tax-benefit system during his administrations. We argue that by exploiting the typically categorical and fragmented nature of the Italian welfare system, Berlusconi’s governments engaged in the ‘art of manipulation’ within the tax-benefit framework, reflecting his efforts in social e…
The role of the left to the path to a minimum income policy in Italy
In 2018, Italy became the last of the E.U. member states to introduce a minimum income policy. Our work helps explain why Italy was a laggard in this field by investigating the role the Italian left played, historically, in the evolution of policies to combat poverty. This is a surprisingly neglected topic. We argue that until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Italian left focused on labour-market insiders – that is, full-time core workers – and a…
The Italian School of Public Finance at the Turn of the Twentieth Century and the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem
In conclusion, it seems to us that even M. de la Palisse could summarize with short and precise arguments the issue of whether, and when, public debts burden present or future generations.-Maffeo Pantaleoni, "Imposta e prestito in riguardo alla loro pressione
The Italian School of Public Finance at the Turn of the Twentieth Century and the Ricardian Equivalence Theorem
In conclusion, it seems to us that even M. de la Palisse could summarize with short and precise arguments the issue of whether, and when, public debts burden present or future generations.-Maffeo Pantaleoni, "Imposta e prestito in riguardo alla loro pressione
Child Poverty and Family Transfers in Southern Europe
The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of family transfers (used broadly to include contributory family allowances, non-contributory child benefits and tax credits or allowances) on child po…
Reforming Family Transfers in Southern Europe
The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where public assistance to low-income families with children is often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the effect of income transfers to families in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal using a benefit-tax model. The distributional impact of actual programmes is shown to be weak, hence the scope for reform great. As an illustration, the European benefit…
The role of the left to the path to a minimum income policy in Italy
In 2018, Italy became the last of the E.U. member states to introduce a minimum income policy. Our work helps explain why Italy was a laggard in this field by investigating the role the Italian left played, historically, in the evolution of policies to combat poverty. This is a surprisingly neglected topic. We argue that until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Italian left focused on labour-market insiders – that is, full-time core workers – and a…
The political economy of Berlusconi’s tax-benefit policy
The aim of this article is to shed light on Berlusconi’s political strategy to reshape the state by examining some of the incentives for discretionary changes in the tax-benefit system during his administrations. We argue that by exploiting the typically categorical and fragmented nature of the Italian welfare system, Berlusconi’s governments engaged in the ‘art of manipulation’ within the tax-benefit framework, reflecting his efforts in social e…
The political drivers of antipoverty policy in Italy
This article analyses the political determinants of antipoverty policy in Italy between 1948 and 2022, providing a long-term analysis of the Italian minimum income scheme. We look for an explanation of that evolution drawing on three theoretical perspectives: veto players, gradual institutional change, and party competition. Our methodology is process tracing which involves the examination of ‘diagnostic’ pieces of evidence for our broad politica…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Child poverty (2 works) · demographic modeling and climate adaptation (2 works)