IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/bistud/v19y2024i2p253-286n1003.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Exploring Young People’s Attitudes Towards Basic Income

Author

Listed:
  • Bollain Julen

    (Department of Economics and Finance, 16630 Mondragon University , Oñati, Spain)

  • Guerendiain-Gabás Itziar

    (Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Spain)

  • Arnoso-Martínez Maitane
  • Elías Ortega Ángel

    (Department of Corporate and Civil Law, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain)

Abstract

Today’s youth find it extremely difficult to look beyond the present, in large part due to the precariousness of the labour market. Unconditional basic income, meanwhile, is emerging as the economic and social policy that is attracting most interest as an alternative not only to the conditional minimum income programmes, but also to the increasing unemployment and precarious conditions of employment. This survey study, conducted among students at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 2021 (n = 709), explores the attitudes of young people towards basic income. Findings reveal strong support among Basque youth for basic income, citing its potential to enhance personal freedom and improve living conditions. While previous studies have already found that young people tend to be more supportive of basic income, this research fills a gap in the literature by analysing in depth young people’s attitudes and beliefs about this policy proposal.

Suggested Citation

  • Bollain Julen & Guerendiain-Gabás Itziar & Arnoso-Martínez Maitane & Elías Ortega Ángel, 2024. "Exploring Young People’s Attitudes Towards Basic Income," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 19(2), pages 253-286.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:19:y:2024:i:2:p:253-286:n:1003
    DOI: 10.1515/bis-2022-0030
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2022-0030
    Download Restriction: For access to full text, subscription to the journal or payment for the individual article is required.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1515/bis-2022-0030?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:19:y:2024:i:2:p:253-286:n:1003. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.degruyter.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.