Who Deserves Assistance? Work, Reward, and the Political Viability of Universal Basic Income

• In Event: Attitudes toward inequality, redistribution, and the environment

Brief Overview

Using a nationally representative sample and an original survey experiment, we find that Americans generally oppose a universal basic income unless the program has a work requirement.

Authors

• Andrew Jeffrey Bloeser, Allegheny College

• Jesse Tomkiewicz, Allegheny College