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Universal Basic Income: The Foreseeable Future of Social Welfare Systems in the Post-Pandemic Era
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Abstract
The unconditional and regular payment of a certain amount of cash income to the entire population is a claim to universal basic income and a system that is distinct from the existing social welfare systems. Policy experiments on universal basic income have been going on since the end of the 20th century and have been seen by some scholars as a solution to major social problems such as technological development, economic downturn, and poverty. Especially under the impact of the 2020 pandemic, the world's development is once again hampered, and how to better solve the problems of low-income people is an important issue to be addressed by the social welfare system. It is worth noting that the policies introduced by governments under the pandemic have some degree of universal basic income characteristics. This article will analyze the merits and importance of universal basic income in the context of the welfare policies introduced by governments under the pandemic. Considering the economic difficulties in the post-pandemic era, it is worthwhile for countries to explore universal basic income as a basis for new social welfare systems, despite the potential difficulties in implementation.
Keywords
universal basic income, post-pandemic, public policy, social welfare system
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Policy Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-915371-71-3
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-915371-72-0
- Published Date
- 13 September 2023
- Series
- Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
- ISSN (Print)
- 2754-1169
- ISSN (Online)
- 2754-1177
- DOI
- 10.54254/2754-1169/14/20230797
- Copyright
- 13 September 2023
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