 Popular Support for the Ideal-Typical Basic IncomeTijs Laenen ()
Chapter Chapter 2 in The Popularity of Basic Income, 2023, pp 39-103 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses popular support for the ideal-typical version of basic income, broadly defined as a ‘periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement’. Using data from a wide variety of public opinion polls conducted in different countries and different years, it first assesses the across-the-board level of popular support for basic income present among the general population at large, and investigates how that support has evolved over time, how it varies across countries and how it compares to support for some of basic income’s main policy competitors (such as means-tested social assistance). After that, the chapter scrutinizes how support for the ideal-typical basic income differs between individuals with different characteristics. It uses data from the European Social Survey to examine (cross-national differences in) the relationship between people’s social-structural position (e.g. age, income) and ideological orientations (e.g. political ideology, deservingness beliefs), and their support for basic income. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-031-29352-8_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29352-8_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee from Palgrave Macmillan |
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