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Finland: How did Basic Income become mainstream?
Johanna Perkiö, Doctoral Candidate, University of Tampere A recent article on the Finnish basic income experiment has demonstrated how ‘framing’ the benefits of basic income in specific ways can make it acceptable to a wide political spectrum. University...
Israel: Study detailing plan for implementing basic income
Economists Ori Katz (picture: on the left) and Michael Sarel (picture: on the right) believe the implementation of basic income is a task both necessary and desirable in the near future, within the Israeli social reality. So, as researchers, they conducted a thorough...
The Future of Work as seen by the OECD
Credit Picture CC(OECD/Marco Illuminati) The OECD published “The Future of Work Employment Outlook 2019”. Change is underway, driven by digitalisation, globalization, and demographic changes, and will impact each and every way in which our society operates. While on...
Leah Hamilton: “”Human again”: The (unrealized) promise of basic income in Ontario
Leah Hamilton (left) and James P. Mulvale (right) Leah Hamilton and James P. Mulvale have researched into the implications of the truncated basic income pilot in Ontario, Canada. From a set of controlled, semi-structured interviews, five participants agreed to...
United States: The National Academy of Social Insurance investigates the implementation of basic income
The National Academy of Social Insurance recently (April 2019) published a paper where the idea of implementing a relatively small basic income ($200-$400 per month, at least initially) has been explored by authors William Arnone, Peter Barnes, Renée Landers and...
UCL Institute for Global Prosperity issues report on Universal Basic Services
According to a recent report (May 2019) by UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), guaranteeing universal basic services (UBS), such as health care, education, child care, transportation and digital information, would be more beneficial to low income groups than...
United Kingdom: Another report concludes implementing UBI in the UK is feasible, affordable, and very progressive
Apart from experimental designs testing basic income-like policies, in small scales, theoretical evidence keeps mounting, showing that basic income is not a pipe dream, but a practical reality within our reach. Published earlier this year, a new report issued by the...
Canada: Report “Signposts to Success” shows how beneficial the cancelled Ontario basic income experiment was being
The reading of results from basic income type of experiments is, apparently, dependent on who is reading them. The Ontario present government officials did not think, for instance, that there were particular advantages or benefits from pursuing with the Ontario basic...
Scotland: The RSA releases a new report, focused on the experimentation and implementation of a basic income in Scotland
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) just published a new report entitled “A Basic Income for Scotland”. The report is organized in four main sections: How the welfare system in the UK – and in Scotland in particular – is...
Study Finds Issues with Universal Basic Income for Developing Countries
Picture credit to: Biodiversity & Community Health. Measuring income in developing countries A study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Fall examines cash transfer programs across a range of developing countries and uses household data...
Valerija Korošec: “Unconditional Basic Individual Universal Child Grant for Belgium following the Slovenian approach”
Valerija Korošec. Picture credit to: DNEVNIK. Valerija Korošec, a known sociologist and social policy analyst in Slovenia, as well as ex-presidential candidate for that country, has presented a paper entitled “Unconditional Basic Individual Universal Child Grant for...
International Labour Organization: Universal Basic Income proposals in light of ILO standards – Key issues and global costing
Credit Picture: CC(Billy Wilson) The International Labour Organization published a paper investigating Universal Basic Income (UBI) proposals in light of ILO standards. With the ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation (No. 202) providing relevant guidelines for...
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.’