Economic inequalities, old and new forms of poverty and new policies of social inclusion. A multidimensional analysis of the Italian inclusion income (Reddito di inclusione).
The project aims to monitor the application of inclusion income (REI, reddito di inclusione), the first Italian provision contemplating the use of a universal income to support individual projects of social and work inclusion. The scheme, inspired by active policies, links up with what has been experienced in recent years at EU level and involves an institutional network including municipal social services, job centers, the National Social Security System and non-profit organizations.
The scheme include several dimensions: a monthly income supports, work training, personalized psycho-social counselling and work inclusion.
The research team made up of researchers with multidisciplinary skills related to the study of the scheme (sociology, welfare policies, education, VET, labour markets, methodology of social research), is set to carry out the first survey on the REI scheme, collecting, elaborating and analysing quantitative, qualitative, networks data in a multi-level logic approach and with mixed methods.
The project has an innovative mark both for the novelty of the scheme in Italy and for the methodological approaches based on quasi-longitudinal observation.
The objective is not only to monitor the application of the measure in place, but also to compare it with the experiences and schemes in place and implemented in other EU countries.