Universal Basic Income

McDonough, Brian; Morales, Jessie Bustillos

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“…A fear that a UBI would make people unwilling to seek employment has been often advanced in opposition to the program (McDonough & Morales, 2019). In this regard, Abhijit Banerjee, the 2019 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, has shown unaltered employment level among benefit beneficiaries (Abhijit et al, 2017(Abhijit et al, , 2019.…”

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“…Meanwhile, it raises domestic demand and consumption, leading to higher output and economic growth (Standing, 2020). Arguments against the UBI often include the program's cost or the risk of rising unemployment as people prefer to stop working, or a dangerous dependence between citizens and government (McDonough & Morales, 2019).…”

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Poverty Relief Programs in Postcommunist Countries: A Case Study on the Albanian and Chinese Programs

Qejvanaj

2021

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Social assistance is a cash transfer program targeting the poorest households. China has created the Dibao (DB), meaning minimum livelihood guarantee, the most extensive unconditional cash transfer program globally with over 70 million people covered, whereas in Albania, the Ndhime Ekonomike (NE) meaning financial help covers around 15% of the total working-age population. Both programs are means-tested, have strict requirements for eligibility, and have been enlarged and modified in time to improve targeting and tackling leakage. In this article, we will look at similarities and common issues first, and then calculate the cost of enlarging both programs to all working-age population with no means-testing. We argue that a UBI (universal basic income) can increase private expenditure in health and education while costing less than 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) in both countries’ rural areas. We will conclude by looking at how the COVID-19 outbreak is pushing developing countries toward a UBI by first adopting a temporary basic income (TBI).

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Poverty Relief Programs in Postcommunist Countries: A Case Study on the Albanian and Chinese Programs

Qejvanaj

2021

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“…In his book, Paine argues for a national fund of justice and benevolence that would allow every citizen, whether poor or rich, would have a minimum level of subsistence [1]. A universal basic income, as defined by Brian McDonough and Jessie Morales, is a regular cash payment to a specific community or to all members of society, independent of economic circumstances and work [2]. The World Bank Organization's definition also includes five important characteristics of universal basic income, namely, universality, unconditionality, individuality, cyclicality, and cash payments [3].…”

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Universal Basic Income: The Foreseeable Future of Social Welfare Systems in the Post-Pandemic Era

Yang

2023

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The unconditional and regular payment of a certain amount of cash income to the entire population is a claim to universal basic income and a system that is distinct from the existing social welfare systems. Policy experiments on universal basic income have been going on since the end of the 20th century and have been seen by some scholars as a solution to major social problems such as technological development, economic downturn, and poverty. Especially under the impact of the 2020 pandemic, the world's development is once again hampered, and how to better solve the problems of low-income people is an important issue to be addressed by the social welfare system. It is worth noting that the policies introduced by governments under the pandemic have some degree of universal basic income characteristics. This article will analyze the merits and importance of universal basic income in the context of the welfare policies introduced by governments under the pandemic. Considering the economic difficulties in the post-pandemic era, it is worthwhile for countries to explore universal basic income as a basis for new social welfare systems, despite the potential difficulties in implementation.

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Realising economic and social rights for children with communication and swallowing disability: Sustainable Development Goals 1, 8 and 10

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Arstein-Kerslake

Eadie

2022

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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Universal Basic Income

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Poverty Relief Programs in Postcommunist Countries: A Case Study on the Albanian and Chinese Programs

Poverty Relief Programs in Postcommunist Countries: A Case Study on the Albanian and Chinese Programs

Universal Basic Income: The Foreseeable Future of Social Welfare Systems in the Post-Pandemic Era

Realising economic and social rights for children with communication and swallowing disability: Sustainable Development Goals 1, 8 and 10

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