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Popular Support for the Ideal-Typical Basic Income

In: The Popularity of Basic Income

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  • Tijs Laenen

    (KU Leuven
    Tilburg University)

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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.

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  • Tijs Laenen, 2023. "Popular Support for the Ideal-Typical Basic Income," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: The Popularity of Basic Income, chapter 0, pages 39-103, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-3-031-29352-8_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29352-8_2
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