The Implementation of a Basic Income Guarantee

Authors

Parker Rogers, Brigham Young University
Dr. Kerk Phillips, Brigham Young University

Keywords

basic income guarantee, government benefit programs, monthly lump sum transfer

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Economics

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to model the implementation of a basic income guarantee, by repealing all existing government benefit programs and implementing a monthly lump sum transfer to all working individuals in the US economy; we repealed and implemented these policies using our model in order to observe the labor supply effects.

Recommended Citation

Rogers, Parker and Phillips, Dr. Kerk (2018) "The Implementation of a Basic Income Guarantee," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2018: Iss. 1, Article 40.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/40