Ecological Effects of Basic Income

Howard, Michael W.; Pinto, Jorge Sousa; Schachtschneider, Ulrich

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23614-4_7

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“…. [66]. Thus, vouchers form an interesting middle ground between UBI and UBS that could meet the desires of both camps.…”

Section: Comparison Of Policy Proposals Within the Framework For Sustmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, a sustainable welfare system will likely hold shares of all three classes of welfare benefits. A successful strategy for sustainable welfare might also combine several of these instruments [66,67]. MacNeill and Vibert, for example, propose "Complements to Basic Income" for incorporating ecological aspects into basic income [63] and others have proposed vouchers to be an element of basic income schemes [68].…”

Section: Comparison Of Policy Proposals Within the Framework For Sustmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is beyond the scope of this section to reproduce all arguments that have been exchanged on the unconditional basic income as these have been well-documented [66]. However, a number of arguments are worth explaining to show that a certain amount of basic income is likely to be necessary, at least during a transition period, in order to guarantee sustainable welfare: First, social inclusion in today's market society also includes being able to participate in the market.…”

Section: Unconditional Basic Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This indicates that unnecessarily providing benefits in-cash, and not as public welfare services, forgoes possible carbon reductions. Similarly, several scholars have highlighted the risk of overconsumption, which could result from the income effect of a high basic income [66].…”

Section: Unconditional Basic Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Basic income has been advocated as raising workers bargaining power and promoting post-productivist lifestyles [63] by lowering the necessity to engage with the labor market through decoupling of the labor-money-nexus, reducing working time, choosing more leisure and less material consumption, or engaging in work-sharing [67,84,85]. It could also reduce inequality and the importance of positional goods [66] and enable collective change [86]. By privileging disposable time over disposable income and allowing experiments with different forms of living beyond growth-based paradigms [78], enabling community and care work [67], and reducing work-related expenses (e.g., commuting) and (time-) efficiency consumption (e.g., tumbler for drying) [87], it could also reduce resource-intensive consumption.…”

Section: Unconditional Basic Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

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Money, Vouchers, Public Infrastructures? A Framework for Sustainable Welfare Benefits

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While the social consequences of environmental policies are extensively evaluated in sustainability research, few studies exist on the ecological impact of social benefits and the welfare state. Sustainable welfare is a novel research field that seeks to close this knowledge gap and develop integrated eco-social policies. Within this, researchers are starting to ask how citizen’s needs can be guaranteed in an environmentally sustainable way and how their welfare benefits should be delivered. Should citizens receive a universal basic income, be given vouchers for ecologically beneficial or socially needed goods and services, or be provided with access to socio-ecological infrastructures and services? This article develops a framework for sustainable welfare benefits with six criteria of sustainable welfare and nine different types of welfare benefits that belong to the domains of universal basic income (UBI), universal basic services (UBS), and universal basic vouchers (UBV). Using this framework, existing policy proposals are categorized and evaluated. The advantages and disadvantages of the different types of welfare benefits are discussed and new application areas highlighted. The analysis shows that a successful policy will likely include all forms of welfare benefits, with certain types being more adequate for certain fields and societal circumstances. The framework for sustainable welfare benefits can serve as a starting point for further research on integrated policy design and inform policymakers on the selection of eco-social policies.

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“…. [66]. Thus, vouchers form an interesting middle ground between UBI and UBS that could meet the desires of both camps.…”

Section: Comparison Of Policy Proposals Within the Framework For Sustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparison Of Policy Proposals Within the Framework For Sustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Unconditional Basic Incomementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Unconditional Basic Incomementioning

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ZusammenfassungWie wirken Klimawandel und Klimapolitik auf die Handlungsfelder der Sozialpolitik? Welche Rolle nehmen soziale Absicherung und sozialer Ausgleich im Übergang zu einer klimafreundlichen Gesellschaft ein? Wie können Sozial- und Klimapolitik so abgestimmt werden, dass sie positiv zusammenwirken? Dieser Beitrag legt Wechselbezüge zwischen Sozialstaat und Klimawandel mit Fokus auf Österreich dar, leitet daraus Handlungserfordernisse ab und prüft, wie der Sozialstaat bereits in seinem grundlegenden Design klimafreundlich gestaltet werden kann. Eingehender wird dabei der aktuelle Forschungsstand zu Wirkungen sozialstaatlicher Leistungen auf die Klimapolitik sowie die unmittelbar klimawirksamen Effekte ihrer Produktion und Finanzierung behandelt. Insgesamt zeigt sich, dass der Sozialstaat die gesellschaftliche Schadensanfälligkeit gegenüber dem Klimawandel und Anpassungsmöglichkeiten deutlich prägt. Eine transformative Strategie kann darin bestehen, Sozial- und Klimapolitik inhaltlich wie institutionelle umfassender zu integrieren.

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Ecological Effects of Basic Income

Cited by 30 publications

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