| Basic Income Lab
What We Do
Convene key stakeholders and members of the community around the politics, philosophy and economics of UBI
Provide an academic home for research on UBI
Gather information from experimenters on the challenges faced in establishing UBI pilots and develop recommendations
What We Do
Convene key stakeholders and members of the community around the politics, philosophy and economics of UBI
Provide an academic home for research on UBI
Gather information from experimenters on the challenges faced in establishing UBI pilots and develop recommendations
Visualizing UBI Research
Explore our new tool which compiles extensive research and shows the connections between UBI and a variety of social issues.
What is Basic Income?
Some defining characteristics are:
Periodic
It is a recurrent payment (for example every month), rather than a one-off grant.
Cash payment
It is paid in cash, allowing the recipients to convert their benefits into whatever they may like.
Universal
It is paid to all, and not targeted to a specific population.
Individual
It is paid on an individual basis (versus household-based).
Unconditional
It involves no work requirement or sanctions; it is accessible to those in work and out of work, voluntarily or not.
Recent Updates
Updated Global Map of Experiments: Now Sort Pilots by a Variety of Criteria
The Global Experiments Map has been updated to provide the number of pilots by country and enable sorting of pilots by multiple criteria.
Stanford Basic Income Lab Partners to Launch Guaranteed Income Pilots Dashboard
The first-of-its-kind Dashboard is a partnership of the Stanford Basic Income Lab, Center for Guaranteed Income Research, and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.