empirical research on an unconditional basic income in europe

Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe

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• Lei Delsen 0

Department of Economics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• Discusses an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)
• Offers empirical results of studies on the UBI in different European countries
• Comprises surveys as well as laboratory and field experiments

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

Front matter, unconditional basic income and welfare state reform in representative democracies, individual preferences for the unconditional basic income in the european union.

• Lei Delsen, Rutger Schilpzand

Is a Basic Income Feasible in Europe?

• Genevieve Shanahan, Mark Smith, Priya Srinivasan

Exploring Benefits and Costs: Challenges of Implementing Citizen’s Basic Income in Scotland

• Michael Wlliam Danson

Job Search, Employment Capabilities and Well-being of People on Welfare in the Dutch ‘Participation Income’ Experiments

• Ruud Muffels, Erwin Gielens

The Who and the Why? Selection Bias in an Unconditional Basic Income Inspired Social Assistance Experiment

• János Betkó, Niels Spierings, Maurice Gesthuizen, Peer Scheepers

Experimental Economics: A Test-Bed for the Unconditional Basic Income?

• Sascha Füllbrunn, Lei Delsen, Jana Vyrastekova

Experimental and Game Theoretical Analyses of the Unconditional Basic Income

• Toshiji Kawagoe

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“The analysis is very detailed and robust, providing accessible data for anyone wanting to discover the feasibility of a basic income in Europe. The book is particularly useful for those wanting to understand which European nations, and social groups within those countries, are keen on or attracted to the idea of a basic income. The book is also very rich in terms of method … . This is a great text with sublime detail on basic income studies across Europe.” (Brian McDonough, Basic Income Studies, February 24, 2022)

“Delsen’s Book provides an insightful collection of studies examining unconditional basic income in terms of its desirability and feasibility in a European context. … the book successfully contributes to a better understanding of unconditional basic income and can help informed, evidence-based policymaking. … Hence, I recommend the reading of this book, particularly for newcomers to the field, and suggest complementing it with some additional investigation of the effects of unconditional basic income.” (Cyrille Francisco, European Journal of Social Security, July 19, 2021)

“This book is worth the read and its contents and ideas are fitting well with the current social situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. … It is helpful for any student or academic interested in UBI, as well as political decision-makers who want to get an informed perspective on the potential that basic income holds.” (Mircea Gherghina, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58 (4), 2020)

“Even though the book is focused on European countries, the insights provided through empirical research in the chapters make it a must-read for students, proponents or opponents of UBI, as well as policy makers who are seeking theoretical or practical evidence of the impacts of UBI. … this book provides significant insights into the literature andstate of the art in the field of UBI.” (Kruti R. Lehenbauer, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 86, 2020)

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Book Title : Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe

Editors : Lei Delsen

Series Title : Contributions to Economics

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30044-9

Publisher : Springer Cham

eBook Packages : Economics and Finance , Economics and Finance (R0)

Copyright Information : Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-30043-2 Published: 09 December 2019

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-30046-3 Published: 18 December 2020

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-30044-9 Published: 27 November 2019

Series ISSN : 1431-1933

Series E-ISSN : 2197-7178

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XIV, 233

Number of Illustrations : 4 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

Topics : Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy , Social Policy , Labor Economics , Public Policy , Social Structure, Social Inequality

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In this review I outline the Springer published text edited by Lei Delsen (2019) entitled Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe . I begin this review with a critical summary, followed by a chapter-by-chapter discussion, providing a reflection of what this text offers for basic income studies.

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Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe

2019, Contributions to Economics

The unconditional basic income (UBI) has attracted renewed attention in academia, as well as in public discussions in recent years, and much has been written on the possible consequences of a UBI. However, this is the first book focusing on the UBI in Europe that offers empirical research findings. It includes a survey on preferences for a UBI in the EU; an assessment of the political feasibility of a UBI in the EU; field studies in the Netherlands and Scotland; and the findings of laboratory experiments. Presenting contributions from Dutch and international researchers, this book provides scientific answers to the question of whether a UBI is desirable and feasible in Europe.

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Empirical Research on an Unconditional Basic Income in Europe

Lei Delsen (Editor)

In this volume, 15 authors set out detailed research into UBI in Europe. In his introduction, Lei Delsen defines UBI to be funded by progressive taxation and wealth taxes (p1, p15). Extensive opinion research indicates that 75% of respondents favour UBI (p29), but this only with the proviso that ‘no explicit reference is made to how to finance eg taxes, UBI’ (p31). A suspicion of work disincentive was cited as the main objection to UBI, and income security as its main advantage (p57).

Other articles consider political feasibility, discuss support in Scotland, shifting social inclusion philosophy in Holland, the avoidance of selection bias in research experiments, the role of experimental economics, and game theoretic analysis. Very extensive academic reading lists are provided throughout.

The treatment of UBI is thus extremely deep, but lacks breadth. By omitting the question of funding, and by not setting the UBI proposal against other solutions such as targeted benefits, the research has limited significance, and low potential political impact. The 75% approval rate may well have reduced substantially if the proposal required huge tax increases. Other studies find that UBI is of less interest for example in Nordic states with generous welfare provision, and more in eastern European states with minimal welfare, but this may indicate a vote for welfare of any kind, rather than a preference for UBI over targeted benefits.

But more fundamentally, the authors do not include consideration of the technology-driven need for UBI as a structural component of aggregate consumer income. Neither do they consider the possibility of funding by debt-free sovereign money which derives from the same argument. The authors could not have foreseen the current coronavirus pandemic, but this has revealed the need for UBI, and the need to fund it and other massive government expenditure from sovereign money, rather than from debt-bearing government bonds. This reframes the argument for UBI and boosts its political feasibility.

The book is available here and here .

Geoff Crocker Editor ‘The Case for Universal Basic Income’ www.ubi.org

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