In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal minimum wage of ¬ 7.5 per hour on the basis of a...

1. Introduction: Financing Approaches to Basic Income. By Richard Pereira -- Part I: Foundations for a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) -- 2. The Cost of Universal Basic Income: Public Savings and Programme Redundancy Exceed Cost. By Richard Pereira -- 3. Unconditional Basic Income in Portugal: How...