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.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Müller, Wolfgang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Income--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

• 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
• REFERENCES

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014).

ISBN:

3-95489-600-1

OCLC:

871779990