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Doing Radical Things Right: Ethical Good Practice for Basic Income Experiments
AbstractIncreasing calls for reform to welfare provision have seen growing support forbasic income (BI) – the unconditional provision of cash transfers to all. As aresult, recent years have seen an exponential increase in the number of pilotexperiments of BI, across all parts of the world. However, to date, there hasbeen little discussion of the ethical
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The Falling Cost of Basic Income in the United States, 1967-2024
Abstract This article estimates the cost of Universal Basic Income (UBI) sufficient to eliminate poverty in the United States. It uses the most recent microdata available from the Census Bureau through its Current Population Survey (CPS) public-use microdata files and references historical income data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) going back to
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New study proves the feasibility of a European basic income
A pioneering study has been published, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the financial feasibility of a European Basic Income (EBI). The research demonstrates that guaranteeing the right to existence for everyone in the European Union (EU) is not only economically viable but also promotes a more equitable and cohesive Europe. Basic income—an unconditional, periodic
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Basic income in crisis? (Hard) lessons from the pandemic
Photo by Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash Article by Jurgen De Wispelaere, Joe Chrisp, and Leticia Morales in Global Policy Abstract: This short paper reflects on the key lessons we can learn from the political debate around and policy experimentation with (emergency) basic income schemes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic crisis
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Exogenous Increases in Basic Income Provisions Increase Preventive Health-Seeking Behavior
“Universal Basic Income (UBI) policies have the potential to promote a wide range of public health objectives by providing those who qualify with direct cash payments. One overlooked mechanism of particular importance to health researchers is the possibility that guaranteed income might increase consultation of primary and preventive care (e.g., annual doctors’ visits; regular vaccination against infectious
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