The Health Case for Basic Income

Matthew Johnson (), Elliott Johnson () and Kate Pickett ()
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Matthew Johnson: Northumbria University
Elliott Johnson: Northumbria University
Kate Pickett: University of York

Chapter Chapter 6 in The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income, 2023, pp 109-130 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A large body of evidence indicates the importance of upstream determinants to health. Basic Income has been suggested as an upstream intervention capable of promoting health by affecting material, biopsychosocial and behavioural determinants. Calls are emerging across the political spectrum to introduce an emergency Basic Income to address socioeconomic insecurity. However, although existing studies indicate effects on health through cash transfers, Basic Income schemes have not previously been designed specifically to promote health. In this chapter, we scope the existing literature to set out the current evidence on the role of Basic Income as a public health measure. We present a theoretical model of impact that identifies three pathways to health impact, before setting out open questions related to regularity, size of payment, needs-based supplements, personality and behaviour, conditionality and duration. These set, for the first time, a checklist of research activities required in order to maximize health impact in Basic Income programmes.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41001-7_6

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