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A Survey of Universal Basic Income Experiments Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Rachael Hochman, Charles Larkin, Shaen Corbet
Interest in universal basic income has risen recently as an alternative to existing exchequer-sourced social security methods, such as conditional cash transfers. This article presents a survey of multiple experiments investigating the impact of basic income cash transfers on recipients while presenting a meta-analysis of the results across nine categories. Many findings indicate successful outcomes
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Monitoring Public Interest and Sentiment on Basic Income: Using Google and Twitter Data in the U.S. Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Soomi Lee, Taeyong Park
This study uses data from Google Trends and Twitter to analyze how public interest and sentiment towards Universal Basic Income (UBI) changed across all 50 states and Washington D.C. between 2018 and 2021. We specifically selected this time period as it includes both Andrew Yang’s UBI campaign during the Democratic primaries in 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when UBI gained attention due to
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The Introduction of Basic Income is a Pillar of a Socio-cultural Revolution Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Jan H. M. Stroeken
The article proposes to defend the basic income as a pillar of a socio-cultural revolution. This is done exclusively from a literature review and articulation of different works. The introduction section presents the characteristics of a basic income. Section 2 brings how it would mitigate current capitalism problems, which are: increasing inequality, lack of equality of opportunity, means tested social
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Universal Basic Income Universally Welcomed? – Relevance of Socio-Demographic and Psychological Variables for Acceptance in Germany Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Antonia Sureth, Lioba Gierke, Jens Nachtwei, Matthias Ziegler, Oliver Decker, Markus Zenger, Elmar Brähler
The COVID-19 pandemic plunged economies into recessions and advancements in artificial intelligence create widespread automation of job tasks. A debate around how to address these challenges has moved the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) center stage. However, existing UBI research mainly focuses on economic aspects and normative arguments but lacks an individual perspective that goes
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Basic Income and Violence Against Women: A Review of Cash Transfer Experiments Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Maria Wong, Evelyn Forget
Violence against women is understood as a public health issue that has long-term health consequences for women. Economic inequality and women’s economic dependence on men make women vulnerable to violence. One approach to addressing poverty is through basic income, a cash transfer for all individuals which is not dependent on their employment status. This paper examines the relationship between basic
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Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals a Valuable Platform for Advancing a Basic Income? A Critical Historical Studies Account Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Tracy A. Smith-Carrier, Rana Van Tuyl
United Nations (UN) leaders suggest that the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether the SDGs provide a valuable platform to call for a basic income (BI) globally. Adopting a critical historical studies approach, the article traces the evolution of ‘development’, including the UN decades of development, the Millennium
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Roles of Political Orientation and Social Representations of Social Order on Socio-Representational Construction Towards Universal Basic Income in France Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Samuel Dupoirier, Christophe Demarque, Marc Souville, Solveig Forissier, Dimitrios Lampropoulos
As an object which is new, complex and potentially challenging some of the foundations of the Social Order (SO), we sought to study the influence of the Political Orientation (PO) and Social Representations (SR) of the Social Order (Staerklé C., Delay, C., Gianettoni, L., & Roux, P. (2007). Qui a droit à quoi ? Représentations et légitimation de l’ordre social. PUG) on the socio-representational construction
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The Macroeconomic Effects of a UBI: A Review of Existing Evidence and Approaches Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Joe Chrisp
Research on UBI has blossomed in recent years, with a particular focus on conducting experiments with policies that share features with a UBI, microsimulation analysis and public opinion surveys. However, a common drawback with many of these approaches is the difficulty with examining ‘general equilibrium’ or ‘community’ effects. Macroeconomic modelling is one tool used to explore these more difficult
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Against the Frame: Local Media Coverage of Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Meaghan Irons, Andrea M. L. Perrella
The 2017–2018 basic income pilot in the Canadian province of Ontario attempted to alleviate poverty in a precarious economy. With three communities participating, we examine how the pilot was framed by local media, permitting a look at the narratives that were dominant in the participating communities. In essence, were recipients framed as “deserving?” How the media addresses this question can set
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Assessing the Impact of the Implementation of Universal Basic Income on Entrepreneurship Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-26 María-Teresa Aceytuno-Pérez, Manuela A. de Paz-Báñez, Celia Sanchez-López
We focus on the literature about UBI and the experiments developed all around the world to test it in order to address how UBI implementation could affect entrepreneurship. Building on these findings and various strands of entrepreneurial theory, we develop a theoretical framework to explain how the implementation of UBI would dramatically change the environment of entrepreneurial activity, shaping
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Basic Income at Municipal Level: Insights from the Barcelona B-MINCOME Pilot Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Sebastià Riutort, Bru Laín, Albert Julià
Between 2017 and 2019, Barcelona was one of the first European cities to implement a basic income experiment, the B-MINCOME pilot, aimed at reducing poverty and social exclusion in a low-income area of the city. A new cash grant was designed along with a package of active policies. Four modalities of participation were then established depending on two criteria: whether attending these policies was
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The Individual Social Account as a Platform for Citizen Interaction with Government Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-24 E. Burton Swanson
In this brief paper, offered as a policy viewpoint, I introduce what I believe to be a novel concept for supporting individual citizen interaction with the U.S. Federal government, termed the individual social account. I explore whether and how the concept might be implemented so as to strengthen the U.S. social safety net and further citizen trust and responsibility in e-government interactions. I
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An Ecological Basic Income? Examining the Ecological Credentials of Basic Income Through a Review of Selected Pilot Interventions Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-20 Nicholas Langridge, Milena Buchs, Neil Howard
While basic income (BI) has long been advocated for its social benefits, some scholars also propose it in response to the ecological crises. However, the empirical evidence to support this position is currently lacking and the concept of an ecological BI (EBI) is underdeveloped. Part one of this paper attempts to develop such a concept, arguing that an EBI should seek to reduce aggregate material throughput
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Envy and Blame in the UBI Discussion Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Marcel Franke
Envy and blame are two concepts that add social preferences to the economic behavior model of homo economicus. These have already been studied in general distributional issues as well as in the Edgeworth box. Building on this, these social preferences are examined specifically in the work-leisure model and applied to the example of a UBI. Here it is shown that envy is rather triggered by different
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Basic Income and Anishinaabe Worldview: Exploring Tensions and Compatibilities Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Sarah Nixon
Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton point out that basic income must be designed in light of the features of the society in which the policy is to be implemented. Yet, in Canada, scholars and politicians have neglected one crucial aspect of the context in which basic income stands to be implemented – namely, a settler-colonial one. In a settler-colonial context, we must consider the compatibility
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How Welfare Policies Can Change Trust – A Social Experiment Assessing the Impact of Social Assistance Policy on Political and Social Trust Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-03 János Betkó, Niels Spierings, Maurice Gesthuizen, Peer Scheepers
While there is a substantive literature on the link between welfare states and individuals’ trust, little is known about the micro-linkage of the conditionality of welfare as a driver of trust. This study presents a unique randomized social experiment investigating this link. Recipients of the regular Dutch social assistance policy are compared to recipients of two alternative schemes inspired by the
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Suspicious Minds in Basic Income and Conditional Cash Transfers Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Facundo García Valverde
Anti-poverty policies and attitudes of distrust toward the needy share a long history. From the narratives of de Quevedo’s El Buscón, in which beggars are presented as able-bodied individuals making a concerted effort to take advantage of others, to the invasive physical tests and “workhouses” that were part of the English Poor Laws, the poor have long been regarded as deserving careful oversight.
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The State of the UBI Debate: Mapping the Arguments for and against UBI Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Dominic Afscharian, Viktoriia Muliavka, Marius S. Ostrowski, Lukáš Siegel
This article provides a map of the UBI debate, structured into the main themes that guide and group the arguments on both sides. It finds that UBI’s supporters and opponents both draw on core principles of justice and freedom, focusing on need and poverty, discrimination and inequality, growth, social opportunity, individuality, and self-development. From an economic perspective, they both appeal to
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Lei Delsen, Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Brian McDonough
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Social Interaction, Envy, and the Basic Income: Do Remedies to Technological Unemployment Reduce Well-being? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-20 Fabio D’Orlando
The present article aims to utilize some insights from behavioral and happiness economics to discuss the consequences that the introduction of an unconditional basic income to cope with technological unemployment may hold for well-being. The impact of 21st-century technological progress on employment has only just begun to make itself felt and it will take time to realize its full extent. However,
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Basic Income and Unequal Longevity Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Manuel Sá Valente
Universal basic income proposes providing instalments of constant magnitude to all. One problem with a stable basic income across life is that it seems unfair to shorter-lived persons, who are worst-off due to premature death and receive less over their whole lives. Basic capital solves this problem by providing a one-off grant to the young, but I argue that it mistreats long-lived persons, as it does
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Increased Trust in the Finnish UBI Experiment – Is the Secret Universalism or Less Bureaucracy? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-20 Luiz Henrique Alonso de Andrade, Minna Ylikännö, Olli Kangas
Bureaucratic selectivity mechanisms are the true colours of welfare states, stigmatising benefit recipients while hampering their trust in institutions and society at large. Universal policies such as the Universal Basic Income (UBI) could protect recipients’ trust by circumventing selectivity paraphernalia. By analysing regressions on the Finnish UBI experiment’s survey data, we assess the links from
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Basic Human Values and Attitudes Towards a Universal Basic Income in Europe Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Gwangeun Choi
This study contributes to the emerging literature on public opinion on a universal basic income (UBI) not only by investigating the role of basic human values in influencing support for UBI but also by examining the moderating role of welfare state development in the association between basic human values and UBI support. Using the European Social Survey (ESS) Round 8 in 2016, which has an item asking
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Frontmatter Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01
Article Frontmatter was published on December 1, 2021 in the journal Basic Income Studies (volume 16, issue 2).
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Which Way Forward for Economic Security: Basic Income or Public Services? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Tom Malleson, David Calnitsky
Economic insecurity is an endemic problem across the rich countries of the Global North. What is the solution? This paper compares and contrasts two major proposals: the conventional welfare state package of public services and regulations versus a basic income. By comparing and contrasting these systems in three different contexts – a “nightwatchman” context, a neoliberal context, and a social democratic
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Unconditional Basic Income and State as an Employer of Last Resort: A Reply to Alan Thomas Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Roberto Merrill, Catarina Neves
In a larger context of an egalitarian project which aims to reformulate capitalism a job guarantee program in the form of a State as an Employer of Last Resort (SELR) is considered superior to Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) by many, namely Alan Thomas. This article claims that most of the arguments used to assert the superiority of SELR fail their objective, for the following reasons: first, SELR
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Politics of Universal and Unconditional Cash Transfer: Examining Attitudes Toward Universal Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Soomi Lee
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a periodic cash payment to all residents in a jurisdiction, without obligation. Universalism and unconditionality distinguish UBI from other redistributive policies that require means testing and certain behaviors to gain and maintain eligibility. Despite an increased interest in UBI, it is poorly understood how these two critical features – universalism and unconditionality
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The Impacts of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot: A Comparative Analysis of the Findings from the Hamilton Region Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Tom McDowell, Mohammad Ferdosi
This article provides the findings of a quantitative and qualitative study of participants from the prematurely cancelled Ontario Basic Income Pilot in the Hamilton region. We compare our evidence with those of other large-scale experiments from the high-income countries between 1968 and 2019 to place OBIP’s findings in the context of evidence from randomized control experiments with similar policy
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Consumption Patterns under a Universal Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Martha A. Garcia-Murillo, Ian P. MacInnes
In this paper, we challenge one of the criticisms against the idea of a universal basic income (UBI), namely, that people will waste the support on high-end consumption. We rely on the literature from various disciplines from which we developed high- and low-UBI scenarios for respondents to decide what they would do if the state were to provide an unconditional stipend. We analyzed the multiple-choice
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Are Temporary or Permanent Income Payments Better Placed to Boost Demand during Covid-19? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Rajiv Prabhakar
Covid-19 has sparked calls for a universal basic income as a way of coping with a demand shock caused by the pandemic. Temporary income payments have been part of the emergency response to the pandemic. This paper questions the effectiveness of temporary payments as a way to raise demand. Some observers claim that vouchers are better targeted at sectors hit hard by Covid-19 as people may have a tendency
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Basic Income Pilots: Uses, Limitations and Design Principles Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-25 Guy Standing
The position underlying this article is that while pilots are not strictly required to justify moving in the direction of a basic income system, nevertheless they can play several useful functions in the debate. These include rebutting common preconceptions, for instance that basic income will make people ‘lazy’, indicating non-monetary benefits such as improved health and wellbeing, and testing how
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Why Do We Run Basic Income Experiments? From Empirical Evidence to Collective Debate Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-25 Bru Laín, Roberto Merrill
There are two major possible responses to the question: what (if anything) can justify a basic income experiment? An experiment might be justified either because it gathers positive empirical evidence supporting rolling out a basic income, or because it justifies the moral desirability of such a measure. This paper critically explores both responses, the “empirical” and “ethical claim” in light of
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Do We Need Basic Income Experiments? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-24 Malcolm Torry
In this article ‘Basic Income’, ‘Basic Income scheme’, ‘experiment’ and ‘pilot project’ will be defined, and Basic Income pilot projects in Namibia and India will be distinguished from Minimum Income Guarantee experiments in the USA and Canada and the ambiguous pilot project in Finland. The conditions for running a genuine Basic Income pilot project in a country with a more developed economy will then
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What (If Anything) Can Justify Basic Income Experiments? Balancing Costs and Benefits in Terms of Justice Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-24 Josette Daemen
The central thesis of this essay is that basic income experiments are justified if their expected benefits in terms of justice exceed their expected costs in terms of justice. The benefits are a function of basic income’s effect on the level of justice attained in the context in which it is implemented, and the experiment’s impact on future policy-making. The costs comprise the sacrifices made as a
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Basic Income Experiments: Expanding the Debate on UBI and Reciprocity Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-19 Catarina Neves
The paper highlights the need to discuss the norm of reciprocity in the context of basic income experiments. Considering how the norm of reciprocity is an important objection to basic income, both at a normative level, but also in empirical discussions, a case is made for considering it in basic income experiments. The paper proposes several hypotheses on basic income and reciprocity and concludes
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More than Welfare: The Experiences of Employed and Unemployed Ontario Basic Income Recipients Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Mohammad Ferdosi, Tom McDowell
Abstract This article explores the experiences of employed and unemployed Ontario Basic Income recipients in the Hamilton and Brantford pilot site. Integrating data from surveys and interviews, the self-reported outcomes of both groups are summarized. These outcomes pertain to employment, physical health, mental health, use of health services, food security, housing stability, financial well-being
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Birnbaum, S., Ferrarini, T., Nelson, K., & Palme, J: Universal Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-01 James P Mulvale
Article Birnbaum, S., Ferrarini, T., Nelson, K., & Palme, J: Universal Basic Income was published on December 1, 2020 in the journal Basic Income Studies (volume 15, issue 2).
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Brian McDonough and Jessie Bustillos Morales: Universal Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Malcolm Torry
Article Brian McDonough and Jessie Bustillos Morales: Universal Basic Income was published on December 1, 2020 in the journal Basic Income Studies (volume 15, issue 2).
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Financing Universal Basic Income: Eliminating Poverty and Bolstering the Middle Class While Addressing Inequality, Economic Rents, and Climate Change Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Drew Riedl
Abstract Universal Basic Income (UBI) can serve as a beneficial public policy to reduce poverty and inequality, yet a great challenge is how to fund it. This article offers a roadmap for fully funding UBI in a manner that: eliminates poverty; bolsters the middle-class; eliminates the stigma and government bureaucracy of social welfare programs; reduces ever-expanding inequality; initiates a path to
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Basic Income, Labour Automation and Migration – An Approach from a Republican Perspective Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Yannick Fischer
Abstract This research uses a normative approach to examine the relationship between basic income and migration. The decisive variable is the effect of labour automation, which increases economic insecurities globally, leaving some nation states in a position to cope with this and others not. The insecurities will increase migratory pressures on one hand but also justify the introduction of basic income
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Full Employment, Unconditional Basic Income and the Keynesian Critique of Rentier Capitalism Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Alan Thomas
Abstract This paper compares and contrasts the basic income proposal with the alternative policy proposal of the state acting as employer of last resort. Two versions of the UBI proposal are distinguished: one is hard to differentiate from expanded welfare state provision. Van Parijs’s proposal is radical enough to qualify as major egalitarian revision to capitalism. However, while it removes from
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Basic Income and Social Sustainability in Post-Growth Economies Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-27 Mikael Malmaeus, Eva Alfredsson, Simon Birnbaum
Abstract A central task in efforts to identify pathways to ecologically and socially sustainable economies is to reduce inequality and poverty while reducing material consumption, which has recently inspired future post-growth scenarios. We build a model to explore the potential of a universal basic income (UBI) to serve these objectives. Starting from the observation that post-growth trajectories
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James K. Boyce: The Case for Carbon Dividends Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-07 Michael W. Howard
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Environmentalism, Ecologism, and Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-07 Jorge Pinto
Abstract The Greens are the political group in which the support for the implementation of a basic income is stronger. Nevertheless, the reasons for that support are not always clear and quite often not related to environmental issues. For this reason, two different approaches to a green BI – environmental and ecological – are discussed in this article. The first could be part of a green growth strategy
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Robert Stayton: Solar dividends: how solar energy can generate a basic income for everyone on earth Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-13 Naomi Zewde
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How Much Does Basic Income Cost? Modelling Basic Income as Universal Life Annuity Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-16 Wee Chung Gan
Abstract The cost of basic income is typically estimated for a particular year. However, to assess the financial feasibility of basic income, it is also important to consider how much basic income will cost in the future. This is especially important in countries experiencing an ageing population, where the proportion of workers is expected to shrink. This article considers basic income as a universal
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Exploring the Health Case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs Working with Precarious Groups Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Matthew Johnson, Dan Degerman, Robert Geyer
Abstract This article draws upon clinical experience of GPs working in a deprived area of the North East of England to examine the potential contribution of Universal Basic Income to health by mitigating ‘patient-side barriers’ among three cohorts experiencing distinct forms of ‘precariousness’: 1) long-term unemployed welfare recipients with low levels of education (lumpenprecariat); 2) workers on
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Basic Income, Wages, and Productivity: A Laboratory Experiment Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-29 Veera Amanda Jokipalo
Abstract This paper reports the results of an economic lab experiment designed to test the impact of Basic Income (BI) on wages and productivity. The experimental design is based on the classic gift exchange game. Participants assigned the role of employer were tasked with making wage offers, and those assigned as employees chose how hard they would work in return. In addition to a control without
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Just End Poverty Now: The Case for a Global Minimum Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-28 Thomas R. Wells
Abstract Global GDP is more than 100 trillion dollars, yet 10 % of the world’s population still live in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 per day. No one should have to live like that: alleviating poverty is a minimal moral obligation implied by nearly every secular and religious moral system. Unfortunately, neither economic growth nor conventional international aid can be relied upon to fulfil this
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Peter Barnes: With Liberty and Dividends for All. How to Save Our Middle Class When Jobs Don’t Pay Enough Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-15 Brent Ranalli
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Evelyn Forget: Basic Income for Canadians: The key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for all Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-10 Elaine Power
As the idea of basic income gains momentum around the world, governments and interested citizens have turned to the lessons of one of Canada’s first minimum income experiments. Mincome ran for three years in the 1970s in the province of Manitoba. In the town of Dauphin, the saturation site, all qualifying families received amodestmonthly stipend that theywere able to spend as theywished. Aswe nowknow
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Universal Basic Income and the Natural Environment: Theory and Policy Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-29 Timothy MacNeill, Amber Vibert
Abstract We analyze the environmental implications of basic income programs through literature review, government documents, pilot studies, and interviews eliciting expert knowledge. We consider existing knowledge and then use a grounded approach to produce theory on the relationship between a basic income guarantee and environmental protection/damage. We find that very little empirical or theoretical
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The Applicability of Universal Basic Income in Post-Conflict Scenarios: The Syria Case Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-28 Diana Bashur
Abstract Given UBI’s performance in poor and rural areas of India and Namibia and its transformative effects on livelihoods, one can foresee a potential for UBI supporting refugees and Internally Displaced Persons rebuild their lives in their country of origin. Furthermore, given UBI’s egalitarian rationale stemming from the idea of a more just society with a minimum level of economic security to all
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A Review of Malcolm Torry’s Why We Need A Citizen’s Basic Income Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-14 Alexis Cooke
Malcolm Torry’sWhy We Need A Citizen’s Basic Income is a comprehensive and pragmatic examination of how an unconditional citizen’s basic income could be implemented and would function. As conversations and interest in a basic income expand, both opponents and supporters have used same words to mean different things. A lack of common vocabulary obfuscates basic income as a concept and policy. Torry
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The Politics of the Basic Income Guarantee: Analysing Individual Support in Europe Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-06 Tim Vlandas
Abstract This article analyses individual level support for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) using the European Social Survey. At the country level, support is highest in South and Central Eastern Europe, but variation does not otherwise seem to follow established differences between varieties of capitalisms or welfare state regimes. At the individual level, findings are broadly in line with the expectations
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Henry David Thoreau on Basic Income: Genius Grants for the Masses Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-16 Brent Ranalli
Abstract In this essay we examine the work of nineteenth-century American philosopher Henry David Thoreau to see how his thought relates to common arguments for and against Basic Income. We find that Thoreau would be unlikely to champion cash grants as an anti-poverty measure, but that he would endorse a Basic Income variant meant to support the development of human potential.
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Basic Income Experiments in the Netherlands? Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-12 Robert van der Veen
To many in the Netherlands it seems that basic income’s time has come, following the wide appeal of several municipal experiments. These random-control trial designs study the effects on employment, social participation, health and well-being of exempting social assistance claimants from the duties of seeking work and participating in training activities under the workfare-oriented Participation Act
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Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow: Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2019-01-03 Jenna van Draanen
In their new book, Building Better Societies: Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart (Policy Press, 2017), Rowland Atkinson, Lisa Mckenzie and Simon Winlow (eds.) make a strong case for the ‘prosocial’ approach to societal transformation. The entire book critiques neoliberalism and the ensuing individualism that has resulted from operating society as though it were a business. Building Better
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Caring Revolutionary Transformation: Combined Effects of a Universal Basic Income and a Public Model of Care Basic Income Studies Pub Date : 2018-12-13 Zuzana Uhde
This paper explores the possibilities of the recognition and valuation of care by implementing an unconditional basic income (UBI) and presents a feminist redefinition of the concept of a UBI. The author proposes the notion of a caring revolutionary transformation as a process of institutionalising the social and economic conditions for recognition of care which is a cornerstone of struggles for women’s