Among all the nuclei who have an autonomous worker as a head of the family, the risk of poverty or social exclusion is to 22.7%, while the share referring to all families with a employee to guide is definitely lower and equal to 14.8%. In other words, if In recent decades we have witnessed a progressive reduction in the purchasing power of wages which prompted many workers/employees to the area of indigence with low levels of contractual framework, To self -employed, things went much worse.
The turnover suffered strong contractions and, consequently, the quality of life of the VAT games has undergone a decisive aggravation. The complaint is raised by the Cgia Study Office that has processed Istat data. Some might objection that the data referring to the poverty of self -employed workers would be conditioned by income’s income not corresponding to the truth. In reality, the risk of poverty or social exclusion is a very complex indicator that is given by the sum of the people who are in at least one of the following conditions: they live in families at risk of poverty; they live in families in conditions of serious material and social deprivation; They live in low -intensity families. Obviously, among the categories monitored by Istat the most economically and socially disadvantaged is that of retirees, where the risk of the poverty of families is even 33.1%
Over 5 million VAT matches, Meta ‘are flat -rate
In Italy the number of independent workers is estimated at 5,170,000 units. Of these, just under half of the work in the minimum regime. We are talking about economic activities without employees and without any business organization with an annual turnover below 85 thousand euros. In short, a pure and simple VAT number that makes self -entrepreneurship its working reason. This is the case of many young people, of as many women and many people in old age especially in the South who land the Lunario with small works/consultancy without having any social safety net and/or public support. Subjects who struggle to collect their entitled people and who, in the vast majority of cases, are in very fragile economic conditions and, therefore, at a strong risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Compared to 2003, autonomous income – 30%
Over the past 20 years, autonomous income has fallen by 30%, while that of employees has decreased by “only” 8%. For pensioners, however, the data remained almost stable. The economic weakness of many VAT matches, the collapse of internal consumption – caused by the economic crises that have followed each other in these two decades – and to the competition practiced first by large retailers and in recent years by electronic commerce, have weakened the income hold of many micro activities.
Dice: damage to many self -employed workers too
Since they do not work directly with the foreign markets and that there are very few who operate in the production chains involved in exports, self -employed workers should not suffer negative effects from the introduction of the duties announced in recent days by President Trump. But things could also go differently. If the protectionist measures introduced by the US administration should cause a decline in economic growth and an increase in inflation also in Italy, the most fragile autonomous could be among the most damaged workers. This is why it is necessary, where possible, diversify the sales markets abroad of our products and relaunch the internal demand, through the grounding of the PNRR and a recovery of consumption that could be facilitated by continuing to reduce taxes to families and businesses.
In Italy in difficulty 13.5 million people
In absolute terms, the entire population at risk of poverty or social exclusion present in Italy is equal to 13.5 million people (23.1% of the total inhabitants). Of these, 7.7 million (equal to 57% of the total) are resident in the South. The region that matters most is Campania with 2.4 million. Sicily follow with 1.9, Lazio with almost 1.5 and Puglia with 1.46. If, on the other hand, we take the percentage at risk of poverty as a reference on the total inhabitants, The region with the highest share is Calabria (48.8 percent). Campania follow (43.5), Sicily (40.9) and Puglia (37.7).
Female companies in Sicily, -3.6% in the three -year period
Description for women’s entrepreneurship in Sicily and in its provinces in the last three years (2022-2024), with a drop of 3.6%. The infocative data, analyzed by the AssoeSercenti Study Center, paint a worrying picture, with a reduction in the number of companies led by women and negative signals in crucial sectors for the regional economy such as trade, agriculture and tourism. Provinces who in the past had shown a certain dynamism in female entrepreneurship seem to have undergone a significant braking, with a drop since 2022 that goes beyond 8.3% in Catania and reaches almost 9.9% in Syracuse. The only one in contrast is Palermo, where the number of companies conducted by women increased by 1.38%, with +336 registered companies. The sectors most affected by the drop are above all that of trade and agriculture. Looking at the provinces in detail, in percentage terms, the greatest reduction in trade in the last three years is seen in Ragusa with a -14.27%, followed by Syracuse (-13.15%) and Catania (-11.34%). Palermo province that holds a boot with -0.81%. The agricultural sector also witnessed in the three-year period 2022-2024 to a drastic drop of women entrepreneurs with all the Sicilian provinces that close in the negative: the most affected certainly Syracuse (-10.58%) and Catania (-10.52%). “The reasons for this negative general trend – says the President of AssoeSearcienti Salvo Politino – can be manifold and closely connected. An unfavorable economic context at national and regional level has made the beginning and management of new activities more difficult, particularly affecting female companies, often more fragile. To this are added the persistent difficulties in accede to funding and banking guarantees, which represent a considerable brake for women who wish to start a company or grow existing ones “.