The public health effects of interventions similar to basic income: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Universal, unconditional basic income is attracting increasing policy and academic interest. Income is a key health determinant, and a basic income could affect health through its effect on other determinants, such as employment. However, there is little evidence of its potential effects on public health, because no studies of interventions which meet the definition of basic income have been done. However, there is evidence from studies of interventions with similarities to basic income. Therefore, we aimed to identify these studies and to consider what can be learned from them about the potential effects of such interventions on health and socioeconomic outcomes. We did a systematic scoping review of basic income-like interventions, searching eight bibliographic and eight specialist datab

SUBMITTER: Gibson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7208547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature