Safety net or sieve: Do Europe’s minimum income schemes reach the poor?
Journal of European Social Policy
Published online on November 12, 2025
Abstract
Journal of European Social Policy, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 300-315, July 2026.
Today, nearly all EU Member States have a national Minimum Income Scheme (MIS) providing a social safety net to their citizens. Still, not all European citizens actually receive minimum income support when in need of it. However, there is still no clear-...
Today, nearly all EU Member States have a national Minimum Income Scheme (MIS) providing a social safety net to their citizens. Still, not all European citizens actually receive minimum income support when in need of it. However, there is still no clear-...