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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826739903321

Autore

Müller Wolfgang

Titolo

Does an unconditional basic income provide higher effectiveness and efficiency? : an analysis of the social security systems of Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom / / Wolfgang Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-600-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 p.)

Disciplina

339.20943

Soggetti

Income - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

DOES AN UNCONDITIONAL BASIC INCOME PROVIDE HIGHER EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY?; ABSTRACT; LIST OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; 1. INTRODUCTION; OBJECTIVE; OUTLINE; 2. METHOD AND SELECTION; 3. UNCONDITIONAL BASIC INCOME; DEFINITION; DESIRABILITY; 4. WELFARE TYPES; WELFARE REGIMES; MIXED ECONOMY OF WELFARE; 5. SOCIAL SECURITY; AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS; 6. EFFECTIVENESS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; INCOME REPLACEMENT; COMPENSATION; REDISTRIBUTION; RISK PROTECTION; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE; 7. EFFICIENCY; TARGET EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY; 8. CONCLUSION; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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Sommario/riassunto

The current social security systems in Europe have not been able to deal with increased traditional and new risks such as unemployment or work-life balance. One suggested solution to this problem has gained more popular and academic support in recent years: the idea of a universal, unconditional basic income (UBI). This study, therefore, examines whether and how UBI could support social security systems in the UK, Germany and Sweden in order to achieve their aims and fulfill their functions. Since effectiveness and efficiency describe the functionality of social security systems, the study