A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR BRAZIL: FISCAL AND

DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES

Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira

José Ricardo Bezerra NogueiraDepartment of EconomicsUniversidade Federal de PernambucoPrelimminary Version1. IntroductionOver the past few years, interest in Universal Basic Income (UBI) proposals has grownenormously across the world. Gentilini, Grosh and Yemtsov (2020), in a chapter of abook on UBI published by the World Bank (Gentilini, Grosh, Rigolini and Yemtsov,2020), remark that over the last decade alone 91 books were published on the subject,and several pilot programs were implemented around the world. UBI proposals havealso multiplied in the political sphere, playing a role in some electoral campaigns.A UBI is usually conceived of as […]

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