Abstract
Although Italy and Portugal are considered to be part of the same welfare state family – the Southern European one – analysis of a key component of the welfare state, namely, unemployment policies and regulations, reveals a different evaluation. A comparative analysis of a series of specific indicators of Italian and Portuguese unemployment regimes shows that they represent two different models. Portugal appears to be a more inclusive system, closer to continental or Northern European countries than it is to Italy, or at least representing a hybrid system that combines characteristics of continental European welfare states with characteristics that are more typical of Southern European welfare states. Italy, on the contrary, is much more clearly a Southern European welfare state.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 319-327 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Social Welfare |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 13 Mar 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- unemployment
- Italy
- Portugal
- welfare state
- Southern Europe