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Is unconditional basic income a viable alternative to other social welfare measures?

Globalization and automation have brought about a tremendous increase in productivity, with enormous benefits, but also a dramatic reallocation of jobs, skills, and incomes, which might jeopardize the full realization of those benefits. Current social policies may not be adequate to successfully redistribute the gains from automation and globalization or to advance the reallocation of jobs and skills. Under certain circumstances, an unconditional basic income might be a better alternative for achieving these goals. It is simple, transparent, and has low administrative costs, though it may require higher taxes or a cut/reallocation of other public expenditures.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2019 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
Thema
basic income
means testing
incentives
redistribution
globalization
automation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Colombino, Ugo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.128.v2
Handle
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Beteiligte

  • Colombino, Ugo
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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