Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Basic Income World Wide Survey
During the first Worldwide Meeting of UBI Advocates and UBI Networks, held on 7th of April, 2020, comprising members of BIEN who were interested in advocacy, a proposal resolved to carry out a survey about the economic measures taken by different countries in response...
An article on Basic Income funded by sovereign money
Geoff Crocker has published an article in the Real-world economic review: 'Inequality and the case for UBI funded by sovereign money' The current economic system is generating increasing inter-personal inequality in income and wealth. This is well documented by...
The UK: A Summer discussion series
The Basic Income Conversation is launching a Summer Discussion Series on Basic Income. It's a 3 part series that explores the Future of Work, Pilots, and Monetary Financing - some of the most talked about subjects when it comes to UBI. The first event is...
London School of Economics article about the importance of research
The London School of Economics has published an article about the importance of research, 'The Basic Income debate needs high quality research'. During the past few years, increasing employment insecurity has fuelled growing interest in the idea of a Basic Income...
Precarious Work, Unemployment Benefit Generosity, and Basic Income
The Journal of Social Policy has published an article by Young-Kyu Shin, Teemu Kmppainen and Katai Kuitto, ‘Precarious Work, Unemployment Benefit Generosity and Universal Basic Income Preferences: A Multilevel Study on 21 European Countries’ Abstract The idea of...
New European opinion poll on Basic Income
FEPS (the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) has published the results of a wide-ranging opinion survey: Across the EU14 a plurality of citizens support the idea of universal basic income. Respondents who fully agree (24%) and are somewhat supportive (22%)...
More results of the Finnish experiment published
At a presentation on Wednesday 6th May, Kela, the Finnish social security agency, gave further results from the first year of its Basic Income experiment. The trial group was 2,000 randomly selected unemployed individuals who had their unemployment benefit made...
Microsimulation research on a Recovery Basic Income for the UK
The Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has published new microsimulation research on the feasibility of a Recovery Basic Income in the UK, and on the feasibility of a continuing Basic Income after the current crisis is over:...
Finland: Final results of Finland’s Basic Income Experiment released on May 6th
Picture credit to: Business Insider Finland's Basic Income Experiment was the world's first statutory, nationwide and randomized basic income experiment. That experiment, in which preliminary results have already been reported on, several research questions...
Basic income: Exit strategy or exit trap?
A new article ("Exit strategy or exit trap? Basic income and the ‘power to say no’ in the age of precarious employment") has been published by Simon Birnbaum and Jurgen De Wispelaere, analysing the "power to say no" argument as a support for basic income policies. The...
LEUVEN, BELGIUM: Basic Income Stream at ESPAnet Conference, 2-4 September 2020
Basic Income will be a major stream at the ESPAnet conference in Leuven, Belgium, 2-4 September 2020 "Basic income across Europe: Exploring variation in proposals, policy windows, and trajectories" Stream convenors: Jurgen De Wispelaere, Tim Vlandas and Hanna...
Reykjavik, Iceland: International Conference of Europeanist – Panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income
A panel on Politics of Universal Basic Income is being summoned at the next 27th International Conference of Europeanists, which will be held in Reykjavik (Iceland), on the 22-24th of June 2020. For that purpose, a Call for Papers has been launched, and submissions...
BIEN Congresses
The 2020 BIEN Congress was to be held in Brisbane in Australia from the 28th to the 30th September 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the event has been cancelled. BIEN’s Executive Committee and the Scottish and Australian congress Local Organising Committees have agreed the following statement: ‘The Scottish and Australian Congress Local Organisation Committees have agreed that the current plan is to hold the 2021 BIEN congress in Scotland and the 2022 BIEN congress in Australia.’