Groot, L.F.M.; Veen, R. Van der - EconWPA - 2003
A basic income is an income granted unconditionally to all on an individual basis, without a means test or work …. Considered in its pure form, a basic in-come is paid (1) to individuals rather than households; (2) irrespective of wealth or any … of basic income have been regu-larly proposed for adapting the post-war institutions of social transfer to the conditions …