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Targeting Benefit Levels to Individuals or Families?

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  • Zelleke Almaz

    (The New School)

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In this article, I take for granted agreement on the merits of an unconditional basic income, and I consider the form its distribution might take. I explore the equity, efficiency, and incentive effects of several basic income models in order to provide a plausible example of what a basic income in the US might look like. I present four basic income models, discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and consider whether any one of these models is conclusively superior to the others in terms of the trade-offs involved. I conclude with a tentative proposal for a level and distribution for introducing an unconditional basic income in the US.

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  • Zelleke Almaz, 2007. "Targeting Benefit Levels to Individuals or Families?," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:2:y:2007:i:1:n:7
    DOI: 10.2202/1932-0183.1054
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