Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Luke Martinelli, “The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Alternative Universal Basic Income Schemes in the UK”
Martinelli uses simulation techniques to analyze the effects of four different revenue-neutral basic income schemes.
Simpson, et al, “The Manitoba Basic Annual Income Experiment: Lessons Learned 40 Years Later”
“This article reviews the potential for Mincome to answer questions about modern-day income experiments and describes how researchers may access these valuable data.”
Anne Gray, “Behavioural Effects of a Citizen’s Income on wages, job security and labour supply”
Labor policy researcher Anne Gray has written a new research article, “Behavioural Effects of a Citizen’s Income on wages, job security and labour supply,” for the Citizen’s Income Trust.
Kamerade-Hanta and Bennett, “Rewarding work: cross-national differences in benefits, volunteering during unemployment, well-being and mental health”
“Although individuals can boost one dimension of their own well-being (feeling that their life is worthwhile) by exercising their agency through engaging in work that is an alternative to paid work, such engagement without any financial support can also damage their mental health.”
Political foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung recommends “more detailed empirical research” on basic income for UK
The German political foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) has released a short report on digitalization in the UK and its consequences for public policy. It concludes by suggesting that it will be necessary to investigate basic income as a long-term solution.
Patricia Schulz, “Universal basic income in a feminist perspective and gender analysis”
Patricia Schulz, a Swiss lawyer and specialist in international human rights and gender equality, offers a short paper advocating for basic income from a feminist and gender equality perspective in the peer-reviewed journal Global Social Policy. In this article,...
Bedia François Aka, “Feasible utopia: cutting poverty rate in half using basic income grants in regions and cities of Côte d’Ivoire”
University of Bouaké Economist Bédia François Aka conducts simulations of the effect of a basic income on poverty and inequality in Côte d’Ivoire.
UNITED KINGDOM: David Piachaud Calls Basic Income a Wasteful Distraction from Other Methods of Tackling Poverty
David Piachaud, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and an associate of The Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), published a discussion paper on Citizens’ Income (CI) in December of last year. Abstract: A Citizen’s...
Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton, “When Basic Income Meets Professor Pangloss”
Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton, “When Basic Income Meets Professor Pangloss: Ignoring Public Administration and Its Perils,” The Political Quarterly, December 14, 2016.
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Symposium on the Basic Income Guarantee
The quarterly Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare published a symposium on the basic income guarantee in its September 2016 issue.
“Can Less Work be More Fair?” – Report from Australia’s Green Institute
The Green Institute, an Australian non-profit organization devoted to education and action concerning green politics, has published a collection of essays on the ideas of universal basic income and a shorter working week (Can Less Work Be More Fair?, December 2016).
IRELAND: Papers and Cartoons from “Basic Income – Radical Utopia or Practical Solution?” conference available
Conference papers are now available in a book (“Basic Income – Radical Utopia or Practical Solution?”), available for download, with summaries also available in cartoon format.
