Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64890 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM8/10
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Minimum Income
European Union
Microsimulation
Adequacy
Coverage
JEL: 
C81
H53
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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