Universal Basic Income in the Developing World /
Banerjee, Abhijit.
Universal Basic Income in the Developing World / Abhijit Banerjee, Paul Niehaus, Tavneet Suri. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2019. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w25598 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25598. .
February 2019.
Should developing countries give everyone enough money to live on? Interest in this idea has grown enormously in recent years, reflecting both positive results from a number of existing cash transfer programs and also dissatisfaction with the perceived limitations of piecemeal, targeted approaches to reducing extreme poverty. We discuss what we know (and what we do not) about three questions: what recipients would likely do with the incremental income, whether this would unlock further economic growth, and the potential consequences of giving the money to everyone (as opposed to targeting it).
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Universal Basic Income in the Developing World / Abhijit Banerjee, Paul Niehaus, Tavneet Suri. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2019. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w25598 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25598. .
February 2019.
Should developing countries give everyone enough money to live on? Interest in this idea has grown enormously in recent years, reflecting both positive results from a number of existing cash transfer programs and also dissatisfaction with the perceived limitations of piecemeal, targeted approaches to reducing extreme poverty. We discuss what we know (and what we do not) about three questions: what recipients would likely do with the incremental income, whether this would unlock further economic growth, and the potential consequences of giving the money to everyone (as opposed to targeting it).
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.