Ricerc@Sapienza

The aim of our research is to analyze the evolution of public policies in Italy. These policies are undergoing
profound changes in Italy and in Europe as a result of changes in the structure by sex and age of the population
and the social and economic consequences of these changes. Did the Italian policies take into account those
changes ? What has been the role played by the economic and institutional factors in the evolution of policies ?
The second objective of this research is to examine how the public policies adopted in Italy over the past forty
years have taken account of the changing role of men and women in society, both in the private sphere and in
society. Has the evolution of gender-related social relations linked to women’s higher level of education and
the increasing participation of women in the labor market involved more egalitarian or equality-oriented family
policies ?