Basic Income as a Policy Option: technical background note illustrating costs and distributional implications for selected countries
Resources - Author: Herwig Immervoll, James Browne / Year: 2017
The concept of a Basic Income (BI), an unconditional transfer paid to each individual is not new. However, although many OECD countries have non-contributory, non-means tested benefits for certain groups (most commonly children or pensioners) no country has made a BI the central pillar of its social security system....
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