Arbeitspapier
Basic income and a public job offer: Complementary policies to reduce poverty and unemployment
Unconditional basic income, or a job guarantee by government as employer-of-last-resort, are usually discussed as alternative policies, though the first does not provide the benefits of an earned income and a good job to the growing numbers in precarious- or under-employment, while the second fails to assist those who would prefer to remain in self-employment or particular occupations if their incomes were higher, rather than to work under a JG. Furthermore a JG cannot support those who are unwilling to work. We argue here that the only cost-effective policy for comprehensive welfare is a combination of a modest basic income with job offer by local authorities below the minimum wage.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 133
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
- Subject
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basic income
job guarantee
poverty
unemployment
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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FitzRoy, Felix
Jin, Jim
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2017
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- FitzRoy, Felix
- Jin, Jim
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2017
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