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SUWON, GYEONGGI PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA, March 19, 2021 / EINPresswire.com / — With the basic income initiative proposed by Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jaemyung emerging as a leading topic in Korean politics, Gyeonggi Province will undertake a social experiment in basic income, the first of its kind in Korea. Through this experiment, Gyeonggi Province seeks to examine how the lives of residents are affected and plans to utilize the empirical data gathered for the introduction of basic income in the future.

On March 4, Gyeonggi Province announced legislation for the Enactment of the Ordinance on the Rural Basic Income Social […]

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A new vision in South Dakota. (Shutterstock) Ulster County in the Hudson Valley and the Great Plains of South Dakota are 1,400 miles distant, as the crow flies, and culturally about a million miles apart. But they do have one thing in common: About 12% of their people live in poverty.

Here’s another thing they have in common — both are weighing plans to give more aid to poor people. In Ulster that’s taking the form of a small pilot program to give 100 people selected at random a “universal basic income” of $500 a month for an entire year, […]

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Picture: Twitter Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says her department has received widespread support during consultations with various stakeholders for the introduction of a basic income grant (BIG) policy for South Africans in need and unemployed.

The minister participated in a debate in National Assembly on Thursday on the BIG.

She said her department was finalising its proposals, including financing options and implementation pathways in the coming financial year, following which they would seek Cabinet approval of the necessary legislative processes. ALSO READ: NSFAS apologises, confirms R350 grant will not affect funding In May last year, […]

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Assemblyman Evan Low (Photo: Kevin Sanders for California Globe) On March 18, Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) amended his Assembly Bill 65 to create a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Program to be funded by a Personal Income Tax (PIT) increase. The bill would add Section 17044 and Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 17065) to Part 10 of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code. As a tax increase, the bill would require a 2/3 vote of both houses of the Legislature.

Section One of the bill would add Revenue and Taxation Code Section 17044, which would impose an additional 1% […]

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The basic income in Finland led only to a small increase in employment. Finland is the only country that carried out a complete nationwide randomized control trial of a basic-income program. It has been widely hypothesized that universal basic income might alleviate many problems in contemporary labor markets, like job polarization and inequality. However, in our research we could not find a major impact on the Finnish labor market“, says Jouko Verho one of the authors. The study examines 2,000 benefit recipients in Finland who were randomized to receive a monthly basic income. The experiment was carried out in […]

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A test in the city of Stockton gave encouraging results. Resources have been invested for training courses and to improve their jobs

Computer work (Pixabay) “Universal basic income encourages people to be more economically productive”. It is the result of an experiment conducted in the last two years by the municipality of Stockton, 300,000 inhabitants in California. The case attracted the attention of the World Economic Forum, which reported the "apparently counterintuitive" result. In the city about 150 kilometers from San Francisco, 125 people have received monthly checks for $ 500 since 2019 which, in addition to greater […]

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(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum .

Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content 125 people in the US city of Stockton received monthly payments of $500 for two years.

At the start of the project, 28% of the recipients were in full-time work; that rose to 40% a year later. Mental health also improved. But universal basic income still has its detractors who claim it provides ‘a false hope’. Giving people money can encourage them to become more economically productive.This seemingly counterintuitive […]

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Finland acknowledged its two-year experiment a total failure

NORTHERN, ONTARIO ~~~~~ March 18, 2021 (LSN) The COVID-19 crisis has brought back to the forefront the idea of a universal basic income or guaranteed annual income. It’s an idea that should be abandoned.

In response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 restrictions, the Canadian government has implemented the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). Eligible people receive $2,000 for a four-week period (equivalent to $500 a week).In March 2020, this system’s initial goal was to compensate those who couldn’t work for reasons related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 restrictions were extended […]

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Reshma Saujani created Girls Who Code to crack the gender gap in technology. Now, she has committed to another major gender gap in need of a societal fix: parental labor.

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp reversal in gains that women made in the labor force over decades. If there is a silver lining, it also has shined a light on the work women have always done as mothers, but which the economy did not value. Saujani says it’s time for a reckoning when it comes to placing the right economic value on motherhood.“Today we find ourselves as […]

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