Felder, Lars; Haan, Peter; Bach, Stefan; Schill, Wolf-Peter - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 14/16, pp. 113-118
Basic income benefits cover recipients' actual heating expenses as long as they are not unusually high. In contrast, their electricity expenses are only covered via a lump sum at the standard rate. Thus, basic income recipients have weaker incentives for reducing their heating expenses than for...