Crisis, Cuts, Citizenship and a Basic Income: A Wicked Solution to a Wicked Problem

McKay Ailsa ()
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McKay Ailsa: Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, UK

Basic Income Studies, 2013, vol. 8, issue 1, 93-104

Abstract: This article argues for a Citizens Basic Income (CBI) on the basis of the potential the proposal has for addressing gender-based inequalities, particularly with reference to the world of paid work. The nature and level of public spending cuts evident across Europe have had a disproportionate impact on women both as providers and users of key public services. This is largely due to the very gendered nature of care work, paid and unpaid. A CBI provides the basis for transforming welfare policy to adequately account for the value and contribution of care work to the economy.

Keywords: equality; social security policy; women; work; income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1515/bis-2012-0011

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