Development of a “Basic Income” in Canada (the 80s and 90s)

Wayne Simpson ()
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Wayne Simpson: University of Manitoba

Chapter Chapter 7 in Is Basic Income Within Reach?, 2021, pp 215-242 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Fortuitous political events led to revival of Mincome under the Institute for Economic Research at the University of Manitoba. Analysis of the Winnipeg dispersed sample indicated very modest labour supply response to a negative income tax in line with U.S. results, awareness by those treated of the broad program features, and no evidence of marital instability. Despite extended periods of strong growth toward the end of the twentieth century, poverty persisted amidst growing income inequality but without the occupational polarization evident in the U.S. and Europe. The Macdonald Commission proposal for a Universal Income Security Plan, introduction of a universal refundable sales tax credit and creation of the National Child Benefit Initiative all represented potentially influential steps toward a basic income in Canada.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66085-7_7

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