Territorial Heterogeneity Of Public Social Protection Policies: The Case Of Minimum Insertion Income In Spain

Spanish regional governments have developed in the last decades different income-guarantee programs within the public policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion. They all include a minimum insertion income scheme. The territorial development of these schemes has been unequal, thus leading to regional systems with different degrees of generosity, coverage, characteristics, and scope. In this work, we analyze empirically these differences with a cluster analysis technique. The results confirm, together with the relevance of the resource, the need to reshape the system in order to achieve a more balanced territorial model able to ensure equal rights and opportunities for all people.