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- Title
Introduction: Emergency basic income: Distraction or opportunity?
- Authors
De Wispelaere, Jurgen; Henderson, Troy
- Abstract
This themed issue, guest‐edited by Jurgen De Wispelaere and Troy Henderson, is devoted to examining, first, whether the widespread use of immediate and unconditional cash transfers as a policy response to the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID‐19 crisis has provided a boost to cash transfer programmes generally and to emergency basic income (EBI) policies more specifically. The set of articles then charts the reception of EBI‐type policies as a pandemic response in specific country or regional contexts, and reflects on their relevance for the future development of universal social protection and, especially, universal basic income (UBI). While the contribution to be made by basic income to realizing resilient and agile social protection policy responses merits serious consideration, in particular in a context where existing social protection systems are patchy and fragmented, important questions remain as to how to evaluate the time‐limited EBI crisis response in light of the more durable needs which a permanent UBI purports to address.
- Subjects
BASIC income; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIAL policy; COVID-19 pandemic; HENDERSON, Troy
- Publication
International Social Security Review, 2024, Vol 77, Issue 1/2, p3
- ISSN
0020-871X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/issr.12357