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, Ahead of Print.
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-...