Introduction
There has been a resurgence of political interest in basic income as a means to address income inequality which has increased across households and persists by gender within households. The basic income scheme pays individuals equal and regular cash transfers irrespective of employment and is funded by linear taxation of income (Atkinson, 1996, Atkinson, 2015). This paper explores the interplay between income inequality, household labour supply and voting for basic income and how gender inequality may worsen rather than improve under the scheme.
An emerging debate considers the implications of basic income for gender equality. On the one hand, […]
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