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  "title": "Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses the definition and modelling of a universal basic income (UBI). After clarifying the debate about what a UBI is and presenting the arguments in favor and against, an analytical approach for its assessment is proposed.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Title: Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment\n- Authors: Maura Francese, Delphine Prady\n- Publication date: December 10, 2018\n- Core focus: Definition and modelling of a universal basic income (UBI); clarification of the debate; presentation of arguments in favor and against; proposal of an analytical approach for assessment; discussion of UBI adoption with regard to policy objectives shaped by social preferences."
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      "heading": "Analytical approach and assessment",
      "content": "- Purpose:\n  - Proposes an analytical approach for assessing a UBI.\n  - Considers the adoption of a UBI as a policy tool relative to policy objectives (shaped by social preferences).\n- Key assessment considerations:\n  - How a UBI aligns with stated policy objectives.\n  - The role of modelling in clarifying tradeoffs and impacts."
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      "heading": "Arguments for and against",
      "content": "- The paper presents:\n  - Arguments in favor of a UBI.\n  - Arguments against a UBI.\n- The debate is clarified by defining what a UBI is and distinguishing it from other policy instruments."
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      "content": "- Coverage\n- Generosity of the program\n- Overall progressivity of the policy\n- Financing"
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      "content": "- Subject: Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, Personal income, Progressive taxation\n- Keywords: cost, income, program, UBI, WP"
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      "content": "- Disclaimer included in source: IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.\n\nSource: IMF Working Paper \"Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment\" by Maura Francese and Delphine Prady, December 10, 2018 (Working Paper No. 2018/273).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment, WP/18/273, December 2018\n  - Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment, WP/18/273, December 2018 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment, WP/18/273, December 2018 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2018/12/10/universal-basic-income-debate-and-impact-assessment-46441"
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    "Title: Universal Basic Income: Debate and Impact Assessment",
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    "Keywords: cost, income, program, UBI, WP",
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