Coverage and adequacy of minimum income schemes in the European Union

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The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare the effectiveness of Minimum Income (MI) schemes in protecting people of working age from poverty in the European Union. Using the EU-wide microsimulation model EUROMOD, we investigate (a) coverage and (b) adequacy of MI schemes in 18 countries. In contrast to previous comparative studies of MI benefits, relying on comparisons of the effects on stylised families, we are able to capture the full range of individual and household circumstances and to quantify the effects on people entitled to MI schemes using a comparable approach across countries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2010-37

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
• Subject: Minimum Income ; European Union ; Microsimulation ; Adequacy ; Coverage ; Armutspolitik ; Arbeitskräfte ; Mindestlohn ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Figari, Francesco ; Haux, Tina ; Matsaganis, Manos ; Sutherland, Holly
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (where): Colchester
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/65961
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET