Minimum Living Income

online resource

posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The Minimum Living Income (Ingreso Mínimo Vital), a national non-contributory social security benefit, was introduced for the most vulnerable families. After the decision was taken in December 2019 to include this benefit in the government programme, the COVID-19 pandemic saw its implementation brought forward to May 2020

History

Country

Spain

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash transfer

Eligibility

People aged between 23 and 65 (or above 18 if they had a dependent child) with income lower than the guaranteed level

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

29/05/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

€461.53 for one adult with 30% added to this amount for each additional member and an additional 22% uplift for single-parent households (irrespective of the number of children)

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Cabero, G.R., Codorniu, J.M., Gallego, V.M., de Durana, A.A.G. and Fuentes, F.J.M. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Spain. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=30&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0 OECD (2020) The OECD tax benefit model for Spain. Available at: https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/TaxBEN-Spain-2020.pdf