2025/07/11 by Marius R. Busemeyer, Adrian Rinscheid · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Healthcare innovation and challenges #Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0047279425100871
Abstract This paper studies public opinion towards the introduction of a universal basic income in the case of Germany. Using novel data from a vignette survey experiment conducted in the summer of 2022, we analyse to what extent variations in the policy design characteristics of a hypothetical basic income scheme affect levels of support. We find that support for basic income strongly depends on these characteristics, with support being highest for schemes that are relatively generous, paid to citizens and long-term residents, paid to individuals rather than households, unconditional and financed with taxing the rich. In a further step, we explore interaction effects between vignette dimensions and respondent characteristics, finding significant heterogenous treatment effects in the cases of income, age and ideology.