. Health Status, Welfare Programs Participation, and Labor Force Activity in Italy
. Health Status, Welfare Programs Participation, and Labor Force Activity in Italy
This chapter describes the relationship between the characteristics of the Italian social security system (and its reforms) and the working life of individuals, and is organized as follows. Section 4.2 introduces the institutional characteristics of the welfare system in Italy and describes the main reforms in the Italian social security system, while Section 4.3 presents some historical data on mortality and health status. Section 4.4 provides information on labor force and social security program participation in Italy over time and by age group. Section 4.5 covers historical data on employment, disability, and retirement to mortality and evolution of the health status, and Section 4.6 concludes.
Keywords: social welfare, social protection programs, elderly, health conditions, social security system, labor force participation, mortality, health status
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