The Idea of Unconditional Basic Income in the Context of the Evaluation by Internal Labor Migrants
Research Article
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 20-010-00271) «Unconditional basic income as a regulator of improving the level and quality of life: theoretical and methodological substantiation, transitional forms and testing tools in Russia»
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Zolotov A.V., Zolotov S.A. The Idea of Unconditional Basic Income in the Context of the Evaluation by Internal Labor Migrants. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2022. Vol. 18. No. 3. P. 297-307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2022.18.3.2 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The results of the questionnaire (summer, 2021) of the internal labor migrants devoted to revealing the preferable transitions forms of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI), its size and the potential influence on solving of their vital problems are analyzed in the article. It is stated that respondents- internal labor migrants link the implementation of UBI mainly with the goal of the eradication or the mitigation of poverty. The most popular transition form of UBI is the guaranteed minimum income. The majority of the respondents support exactly the monetary form of this transfer and its size equaled not more than 2 cost of living. It is revealed the estimation of the probability of the complex of economic and social effects generated by UBI. According to respondents the list of the problems which will be solved with high probability incudes first of all these ones: low living standard; the intensive work, stress and emotional burnout; parenting at a distance, distant family, lack of the time for parenting; high divorce rate as the result of adultery in distant families; the informal employment of migrants and the members of their families. It is shown that migrants evaluate the potential effects of UBI implementation more positively than other respondents. The main goals of UBI using by migrants are founded. These goals are: job search, payment for recruitment agencies services, costs of moving, housing rental, medical diagnostics, professional examination, health survey. It is stated that the UBI implementation is able to reduce the labor migrant flow. This reduction depends on the UBI size. The higher UBI will be the bigger the share of respondents is who are ready to refuse from labor migration.
Keywords:
Universal Basic Income, internal labor migration, poverty, guaranteed minimum income, cost of living, parenting at a distance, distant family
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Received: 30.05.2022
Accepted: 19.09.2022
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Zolotov, A. V., & Zolotov, S. A. (2022). The Idea of Unconditional Basic Income in the Context of the Evaluation by Internal Labor Migrants. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, 18(3), 297-307. https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2022.18.3.2
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