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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 9 Indicators concerning welfare support for young people in France and Italy

From: The time benefits of young adult home stayers in France and Italy: a new perspective on the transition to adulthood?

 

France

Italy

Upper age limit for child benefit that provides the family child allowances

19

17

Minimum age for benefit from social assistance

25

No age criteria

Median value of the transfers received by young people living in an independent household (2011)

2600

2400

Percentage of young people living outside the parental home and receiving a private transfer (2011)

18.54%

4.55%

Percentage of NEETsa who do not receive any social transfers (average 2007–2011)

  

Living with parents

20

48

Not living with parents

10

42

Share of students receiving grants (2015)

35

8

% of NEETs receiving housing benefits (2015)

42.90

3.50

  1. Source: OECD, Social Policies for Youths, OECD Family database, European Commission
  2. aNEETs = neither in employment nor in education or training