The Cost-Efficiency of a Guaranteed Jobs Program: Really? A Response to Harvey

Noguchi Eri ()
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Noguchi Eri: Columbia University

Basic Income Studies, 2012, vol. 7, issue 2, 52-65

Abstract: Responding to Harvey’s argument that a Guaranteed Jobs program would be more cost-efficient than a Guaranteed Income program, this paper points out several costs related to the latter that are not included in Harvey’s cost comparisons, mostly related to the administrative costs of operating a Guaranteed Jobs Program, which tends to be much more complex and high maintenance. This paper also points out that the unemployment rate would shift in response to the program, and that some unnecessary jobs would most likely need to be created if the program is to guarantee a job for everyone. However, the paper concludes that the public projects imagined as part of a guaranteed jobs program have merit on their own grounds, and should not be dismissed.

Keywords: basic income; job guarantee; economic security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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