The risk of poverty in Italy fell from 20% to 18.8% in 2023 as a result of changes to the tax and benefits system, ISTAT said on Wednesday.
Overall inequality in the distribution of disposable income assessed through the Gini index also fell slightly, from 31.9% to 31.7%, added the national statistics agency in its report on income redistribution in Italy.
The improvements are attributable primarily to changes to childbenefit, citizenship income, including the introduction of training and employment support (SFL) and the partial exemption of social security contributions for employees, ISTAT said.
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