311. The Universal Basic Income Debate After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Has Its Time Come?
- Author:
- Ezgi Seçkiner Bingöl
- Publication Date:
- 08-2020
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
- Abstract:
- Universal basic income, which denotes a country allocating a regular unconditional cash grant to all its citizens, is back on the debate stage following the Covid-19 pandemic. This brief evaluates universal basic income together with the pandemic and focuses on examples of countries where basic income has been implemented. How can the universal basic income debate be grounded in Turkey in line with these examples? How can universal basic income acquire a position within Turkey’s social assistances regime, or can it even be positioned as an alternative to it? Is universal basic income possible in Turkey? This brief aims to discuss these questions.
- Topic:
- Public Policy, Economic Inequality, Universal Basic Income, COVID-19, and Health Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, and Mediterranean