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Challenging the justice of a basic income policy when focusing on the homeless population: A case study on Germany
Löffler, Verena - 2024
gap, I identify homeless people in Germany as the least advantaged and assess how this group would be impacted by a basic … income based on real libertarian, liberal egalitarian, and republican theories of justice. Specifically, I show how … introducing a basic income would affect the homeless population in Germany in terms of income, self-respect, and power. While a …
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Evaluating the performance of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria
Tasseva, Iva Valentinova - 2012
Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data, I analyse the performance of two social assistance and two means- tested child benefits. I find that the programmes reach a very small proportion of the households with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626111
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Evaluating the performance of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria
Tasseva, Iva Valentinova - 2012
Little is known about the effectiveness of means-tested benefits in Bulgaria. Using individual and household level data, I analyse the performance of two social assistance and two means-tested child benefits. I find that the programmes reach a very small proportion of the households with incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626137
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Short moves and long stays: homeless family responses to exogenous shelter assignments in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
large, disconnected from services, or from neighborhoods where homelessness is common - are especially sensitive to proxi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258010
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Redistributive Effects of a Basic Income System : A Simulation for Quebec
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim; Blais, Francois - 2003
The paper simulates the redistributive impact of three possible scenarios for the introduction of a basic income (BI, also sometimes called "citizens' income") in Quebec. The simulations are revenue neutral at the joint provincial-federal government level. The first scenario assumes that a set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014086678
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Not that basic : how level, design and context matter for the redistributive outcomes of universal basic income
Aerts, Elise; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2023
Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many other benefits, including greatly reduced administrative complexity and cost. Using microsimulation analysis in a comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546022
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The effects of a hybrid negative income tax on poverty and inequality : a microsimulation on the UK and Italy
Tromp, Alexander - 2017
This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751668
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The potential of universal basic income schemes to mitigate shocks : comparing the performance of universal basic income in Uganda and Zambia during COVID-19
Nichelatti, Enrico; Jouste, Maria; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2024
The debate over universal basic income (UBI) has gained traction in the developing world in recent years. We analyse the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and Zambia. We use static microsimulation models and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014519337
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Not that basic : how level, design and context matter for the redistributive outcomes of universal basic income
Aerts, Elise; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2024
Proponents of a basic income (BI) claim that it could bring significant reductions in financial poverty, on top of many other benefits, including greatly reduced administrative complexity and cost. Using microsimulation analysis in a comparative two-country setting, we show that the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487711
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Sustaining Exits From Long-Term Homelessness : A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the 48 Month Social Outcomes From the Journey to Social Inclusion Pilot Program
Johnson, Guy - 2019
-term homelessness. This report presents the social and economic outcomes of the J2SI pilot. It covers the three years the trial ran, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860474