COVID-19, Technological Unemployment Threat, and Public Attitudes Toward Universal Basic Income

• In Event: Policy Feedback, Policy Experience, and Policy Attitudes

Brief Overview

We examine the link between technological unemployment risk and public support for universal basic income—a radical social protection measure—by analyzing novel survey data collected amid the COVID-19 pandemic (August 2021).

Authors

• Taesim Kim, Sogang University

• Lyle A. Scruggs, University of Connecticut