LEADER 04514nam 22006135 450 001 9911022157203321 005 20250824130156.0 010 $a9783031991974$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031991967 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-99197-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32270650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32270650 035 $a(CKB)40410733700041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-99197-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9940410733700041 100 $a20250824d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBasic Income, Work Incentives and Job Search Behaviour $eBridging Theory and Practice in European Contexts /$fby Simon Watkins 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (223 pages) 225 1 $aExploring the Basic Income Guarantee,$x2662-3811 311 08$aPrint version: Watkins, Simon Basic Income, Work Incentives and Job Search Behaviour Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2025 9783031991967 327 $aChapter One: Rethinking Basic Income: Welfare Principles, Institutional Contexts, and Job Search Behaviour -- Chapter Two: Basic income principles, welfare mechanisms and labour market responses -- Chapter three: Empirical evidence from Basic Income experiment -- Chapter Four: Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in social policy research -- Chapter Five: Three worlds of basic income: Developing an ideal type basic income welfare regime -- Chapter Six: Comparing welfare regimes to basic income ideals -- Chapter Seven: Mapping job search intensity across European countries -- Chapter Eight. Incentives and disincentives: Analysing welfare mechanisms' effects on job search behaviour -- Chapter Nine: Exploring the potential impact of basic income on job search behaviours -- Chapter Ten. From theory to practice: Lessons learned and future directions in basic income research. 330 $aThis book analyzes existing welfare regimes across Europe, offering an exploration into how basic income principles might influence job search behaviour. Drawing on time-use data and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, it challenges assumptions about work incentives and demonstrates that institutional contexts significantly mediate welfare effects. The analysis develops an innovative ?ideal type? framework that measures how existing systems approximate basic income principles, unconditionality, universalism, and non-withdrawal of benefits. Chapters explore the complex relationships between welfare design and job search intensity, with a special focus on providing evidence as to whether conditionality increases job search or if certain configurations of accessibility and high participation tax rates decrease it. Comparing ten European countries and counterfactual examination of Finland and the UK, the book provides empirical grounding for debates often based on theoretical assumptions. The resulting text provides insights for designing context-appropriate strategies for basic income implementation that enhance income security while preserving individual autonomy. Simon Watkins is a UK-based researcher focusing on basic income, welfare policy, and labour markets. His work bridges theory with empirical analysis, using innovative methodological approaches to examine how institutional contexts shape welfare outcomes across European regimes. Simon holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Surrey. . 410 0$aExploring the Basic Income Guarantee,$x2662-3811 606 $aEconomic policy 606 $aSocial choice 606 $aWelfare economics 606 $aEconomics 606 $aEconomic Policy 606 $aSocial Choice and Welfare 606 $aPublic Choice and Political Economy 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 615 0$aEconomic policy. 615 0$aSocial choice. 615 0$aWelfare economics. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 14$aEconomic Policy. 615 24$aSocial Choice and Welfare. 615 24$aPublic Choice and Political Economy. 615 24$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 676 $a338.9 700 $aWatkins$b Simon$01845623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9911022157203321 996 $aBasic Income, Work Incentives and Job Search Behaviour$94429437 997 $aUNINA