Technological unemployment, basic income, and wellbeing
This book adopts an agnostic position on the size of the future impact of technological progress on employment, but proposes a thought experiment built on a full unemployment scenario which focuses on the consequences that these policies might have for people's wellbeing, with reference to the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, England :
Routledge
[2024]
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| Edición: | [First edition] |
| Colección: | Routledge Advances in Economic Policy Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009784627106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- References
- 1 Three Waves of Technological Unemployment
- 1.1 The First Wave and the Theory of Compensation
- 1.2 The Second Wave and the Rise of Inequality
- 1.3 The Third Wave and the Great Decoupling
- 1.4 Is Full Unemployment a Concrete Possibility?
- 1.5 What will Happen in the Meantime? The Road to Full-unemployment Equilibrium
- References
- 2 Possible Policy Solutions to Counteract the Rise of Technological Unemployment and Its Consequences
- 2.1 Taxing Robots, Subsidizing Human Workers
- 2.2 Boosting Education and/or Professional Training
- 2.3 Reducing Per-capita Working Hours
- 2.4 Quotas…
- 2.5 …and the Tradable Permits Approach
- 2.6 Employment Protection Legislation and Unemployment Benefits
- 2.7 Collectivizing Firms (or Similar Policies)
- 2.8 Universal Basic Income
- References
- 3 Basic Income
- 3.1 Basic Income and Its History
- 3.2 Basic Income as a Welfare Instrument
- 3.3 Basic Income and labor Supply
- 3.4 Basic Income as an Instrument for Counteracting Technological Unemployment
- 3.5 Creative Work, Prosocial Behavior, and Basic Income
- 3.6 Is Basic Income Financially Sustainable?
- References
- 4 Well-Being and Behavioral Economics
- 4.1 Behavioral Economics and Happiness Economics
- 4.2 Well-Being and Its Causes
- 4.3 Behavioral Economics and Theoretical Tools to Measure the Impact of Basic Income on Well-Being
- 4.4 The Dynamics of Well-Being Over Time
- References
- 5 The Well-Being Impact of an Unconditional Basic Income
- 5.1 Measuring the Impact of Technological Unemployment on Well-Being
- 5.2 Measuring the Impact of Redistributive Policies on Well- Being: The well-Being Impossibility Theorem
- 5.3 The Impact of Basic Income on Well-Being.
- 5.4 Comparing Basic Income with Conventional Policy Tools
- 5.5 Does Basic Income Reduce Well-Being?
- References
- 6 Concluding Remarks: An Alternative/Complementary Policy Proposal
- 6.1 Summing Up: Technological Unemployment, Basic Income, and Well-Being
- 6.2 Would A Higher (and Rising) Basic Income Be the Best Solution?
- 6.3 An Alternative/Complementary Policy Proposal
- 6.4 Final Considerations: Employment or Income?
- References
- Index.
