2025/07/09 by Marie Johansson, Anita Björklund Carlstedt, Inger Jansson · 1 voice
Health Professions · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Employment and Welfare Studies #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Retirement, Disability, and Employment
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/14427591.2025.2501946
openalex publication_date 2025/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
The International Labor Organization forecasts an increase in unemployment and precarious work. These conditions entail occupational injustices through restricting engagement in daily occupations that are crucial for health and well-being. Basic income has been suggested as a possible solution for the forecast scenario. This scoping review explored how basic income influences daily occupations. Literature was searched through databases PRIMO, Social Science Database, Scopus ABI/INFORM, CINAHL, and AMED. Nine books, articles, and reports were identified, and included in a qualitative content analysis. Inductive content analysis revealed four main categories: Daily survival ensured, Another standard of living, Taking care and taking part, and Outlook for the future. The findings revealed the impact of unconditional basic income on both structural and contextual factors influencing daily occupations in terms of securing daily survival, improved performance of daily occupations, increased care and social engagement, and raised hope through opportunities to choose and plan for the future. Basic income may thus have the potential to promote occupational justice. This review contributes to occupational science with knowledge about how unconditional basic income can enhance opportunities to both choose meaningful occupations and reject deleterious and precarious occupations.