over 40 with the eighth grade, average amount 489 euros – Corriere.it

A over 40 with only compulsory school education and away from the job market for three years. Wanting to summarize and sift through the numbers this is the prevailing profile of average recipient of basic income as emerges from the statistics of theINPS and Anpal. Not a small obstacle on the road to the reform announced by the government and whose meaning was clarified by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a press conference: the state cannot pay the allowance from 18 years to retirement. Yes, but how to get an army of people who are no longer very young and possess limited skills back to work? And what happens if social support is withdrawn from this group?

But let’s get back to the numbers. The latest report published in October by Anpal says that the beneficiaries of basic income addressed to employment services were 919,916. Of these only 18% were employed, 71.8% inactive and 9.4% exempted and referred to social services. Among those who work, the level of precariousness is very high (half of the under 30s). However, the bulk is represented by that 71% who could work but don’t: three quarters of this bracket he hasn’t had a three-year contract, that is, since the citizen’s income came into force. Over half a million of this army included in the age range 40-67 years and have an elementary or middle school diploma.

It should be noted that the entry into force of the check wanted by the Conte 1 government has greatly expanded the audience of beneficiaries. Rei recipients (the existing protection measure before the Rdc) in fact, they had been at most 380,000 (in December 2018).

Another relevant fact: the average amount of the subsidy disbursed in September 2022 amounts to 489 euros. A far lower value than any full-time employment contract, even the least qualified. The number seems at first glance debunk the most widespread vulgate on basic income and what this turns into sofa income which takes away the incentive to look for real employment.

But all numbers, as we know, lend themselves to an interpretation and they don’t always tell everything. For example, how many subsidy recipients are there at the same time rounded off with black work? Here a clear photograph is not possible but the operations and checks periodically carried out by the company can act as a compass Finance Guard. To name one of the most recent: solo in Piedmont, 2,000 checks were canceled in just three months to people who were paid the Rdc but who simultaneously worked under the counter.