The year 2020 saw exceptional use of income support tools. The Cassa Integrazione Guadagni increased expenditure by approximately 13 times, from 1.4 in 2019 to 18.7 billion in 2020, following the increase in the number of beneficiaries, which went from 620,000 to 6.7 million. According to the INPS annual report, released today, the wide adoption of the Cig, in particular by way of derogation, has slowed the collapse of incomes: from the data
of the taxable contributions, INPS notes that in the absence of the support deriving from the social safety nets, the median taxable contribution for the workers involved in Cig-Covid would have decreased by 60%; thanks to the Cig, the loss was reduced to 33%.
“The Cig, however, is a measure that is too fragmented in terms of legislation and does not automatically cover a large portion of the non-dependent working world, as the pandemic shock has highlighted – the institute underlined – The real and urgent need for reform therefore emerges, not only with a view to simplification but also in the direction of greater universalism. A first step is taken with the introduction of the ISCRO for self-employed workers ”.
Still on the subject of the impact of social safety nets, in the absence of these it is noted that inequality would have increased by 93%, while with them it was curbed, slowing this increase to 55%.