by Lei Delsen (Editor)
About the Author
Lei Delsen was an Associate Professor of Socio-Economic Policy at the Department of Economics at Radboud University, Nijmegen. He retired June, 2018. He has published numerous articles in scientific and professional journals and edited several scientific volumes, covering topics such as social security, labor market economics and welfare economics. His current research interests include work-life balance, retirement from work, choices within pension schemes, responsible investment, and the relationship between globalization and the national welfare states.
About this book
The unconditional basic income (UBI) has attracted renewed attention in academia, as well as in public discussions in recent years, and much has been written on the possible consequences of a UBI. However, this is the first book focusing on the UBI in Europe that offers empirical research findings. It includes a survey on preferences for a UBI in the EU; an assessment of the political feasibility of a UBI in the EU; field studies in the Netherlands and Scotland; and the findings of laboratory experiments. Presenting contributions from Dutch and international researchers, this book provides scientific answers to the question of whether a UBI is desirable and feasible in Europe.
Brief contents
1 Unconditional Basic Income and Welfare State Reform in Representative Democracies 1
2 Individual Preferences for the Unconditional Basic Income in the European Union 29
3 Is a Basic Income Feasible in Europe? 61
4 Exploring Benefits and Costs: Challenges of Implementing Citizen’s Basic Income in Scotland 81
5 Job Search, Employment Capabilities and Well-being of People on Welfare in the Dutch ‘Participation Income’ Experiments 109
6 The Who and the Why? Selection Bias in an Unconditional Basic Income Inspired Social Assistance Experiment 139
7 Experimental Economics: A Test-Bed for the Unconditional Basic Income? 171
8 Experimental and Game Theoretical Analyses of the Unconditional Basic Income 201
Author Index 221
Subject Index 229
Series: Contributions to Economics
Lengths: 233 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (January 1, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3030300439
ISBN-13: 978-3030300432