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<p>This paper evaluates a program aimed at improving social inclusion among families with children and adolescents receiving Spain’s National Minimum Income scheme (IMV) or Galicia’s Regional Inclusion Income (RISGA) in the seven largest municipalities of the region. The intervention relies on stratified random assignment to assess the effectiveness of a model of personalized and comprehensive support tailored to the needs of each household member. Support is delivered through multiple interventions grouped into three packages: social support, educational support, and employment activation. The control group continues to receive the standard financial assistance and services available under the existing system. The results show that assignment to the program significantly reduces child material deprivation. We also find positive and statistically significant effects on a composite measure of social inclusion, with the largest improvements concentrated in housing conditions, parental responsibility, community integration, and education. These effects remain robust after adjusting for multiple hypothesis testing. By contrast, we do not find evidence of short-run impacts on simplified poverty indicators, employability, or labor income. While the intervention increases job-search activation among household members, this does not translate into measurable improvements in survey-based or administrative employment outcomes over the evaluation period.</p>

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Supporting families with children: a randomized controlled trial on social inclusion

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    2026年7月1日

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  • Laura Hospido,
  • Begoña Varela

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This paper evaluates a program aimed at improving social inclusion among families with children and adolescents receiving Spain’s National Minimum Income scheme (IMV) or Galicia’s Regional Inclusion Income (RISGA) in the seven largest municipalities of the region. The intervention relies on stratified random assignment to assess the effectiveness of a model of personalized and comprehensive support tailored to the needs of each household member. Support is delivered through multiple interventions grouped into three packages: social support, educational support, and employment activation. The control group continues to receive the standard financial assistance and services available under the existing system. The results show that assignment to the program significantly reduces child material deprivation. We also find positive and statistically significant effects on a composite measure of social inclusion, with the largest improvements concentrated in housing conditions, parental responsibility, community integration, and education. These effects remain robust after adjusting for multiple hypothesis testing. By contrast, we do not find evidence of short-run impacts on simplified poverty indicators, employability, or labor income. While the intervention increases job-search activation among household members, this does not translate into measurable improvements in survey-based or administrative employment outcomes over the evaluation period.