Would a Basic Income Guarantee Reduce the Motivation to Work? An Analysis of Labor Responses in 16 Trial Programs

被引：17

作者：

Gilbert, Richard ^{[1
]}

Murphy, Nora A. ^{[1
]}

Stepka, Allison ^{[1
]}

Barrett, Mark ^{[2
]}

Worku, Dianne ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Loyola Marymount Univ, Bellarmine Coll Liberal Arts, Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA

[2] RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA USA

[3] Loyola Marymount Univ, Bellarmine Coll Liberal Arts, Psychol & Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA

来源：

BASIC INCOME STUDIES | 2018年 / 13卷 / 02期

关键词：

basic income; basic income guarantee; labor outcomes; evaluation studies; pilot programs;

D O I：

10.1515/bis-2018-0011

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Many opponents of BIG programs believe that receiving guaranteed subsistence income would act as a strong disincentive to work. In contrast, various areas of empirical research in psychology (studies of intrinsic motivation; non-pecuniary benefits of work on social identity and purpose; and reactions to financial windfalls such as lottery winnings) suggest that a BIG would not lead to meaningful reductions in work. To test these competing predictions, a comprehensive review of BIG outcome studies reporting data on adult labor responses was conducted. The results indicate that 93 % of reported outcomes support the prediction of no meaningful work reductions when the criterion for support is set at less than a 5 % decrease in either average hours worked per week or the rate of labor participation. Overall, these results indicate that adult labor responses would show no substantial impact following a BIG intervention.

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