One of the greatest peculiarities of the Spanish system of minimum income benefits is its complex organisation. There is a wide variety of specific means‐tested benefits whose management and financing depend on the central government. They are designed to protect different contingencies, providing very different levels of protection. On the other hand, the general risk of poverty is covered by regional governments without any coordination and financing from the central government. In this article, we provide a picture of the possibilities and limits of the current set of welfare benefits, focusing especially on its effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty. Our findings show that most benefits are clearly insufficient to cover the risk of poverty in terms of both incidence and intensity. The results show the need for the redesign of the system to better articulate existing benefits in order to prevent new forms of poverty and to respond to emergency situations.

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最低收入补助在西班牙减贫中的有效性

西班牙最低收入福利制度的最大特色之一是其复杂的组织。有各种各样的经过特殊的，经过经济检验的收益，其管理和资金依赖于中央政府。它们旨在保护不同的突发事件，从而提供非常不同的保护级别。另一方面，区域政府负担了贫困的一般风险，而没有中央政府的任何协调和资助。在本文中，我们提供了当前一系列福利的可能性和局限性的图片，尤其关注其在减少贫困方面的有效性。我们的研究结果表明，就发病率和强度而言，大多数收益显然不足以弥补贫困风险。