Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK.
Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, UK.
Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv. 2024 Oct;54(4):396-404. doi: 10.1177/27551938241265928. Epub 2024 Aug 1.
Studies have suggested that universal basic income (UBI) has the capacity to have substantial health benefits across the population at national level. Multiple impact pathways have recently been theorized and there are calls for trials to explore these pathways empirically. However, very limited research has taken place at local levels to explore potential context-specific effects, or how these effects could play out in economic, social, and behavioral changes. In order to examine these effects and to think through potential issues and unintended consequences, we brought together citizen engagement groups in Jarrow, South Tyneside, in the northeast of England to explore local people's expectations and positions on the development of UBI policies and pilots prior to their implementation. We found that people's expectations regarding the potential beneficial health impacts of UBI on their communities mapped strongly onto academically theorized impact pathways. They also extended understanding of these pathways in meaningful ways. Our findings add to the literature about UBI and health and provide important insights for the future development of empirical, health focused, UBI research.
研究表明，全民基本收入（UBI）有能力在国家层面上为整个人口带来实质性的健康益处。最近，人们提出了多种影响途径，并呼吁进行试验来从经验上探索这些途径。然而，在地方层面上，很少有研究探索潜在的特定于情境的影响，或者这些影响如何在经济、社会和行为变化中发挥作用。为了研究这些影响，并思考潜在的问题和意外后果，我们召集了英格兰东北部泰恩-威尔郡的杰罗尔的公民参与团体，在 UBI 政策和试点实施之前，探索当地人民对其发展的期望和立场。我们发现，人们对 UBI 对其社区可能产生的有益健康影响的期望与学术理论化的影响途径非常吻合。他们还以有意义的方式扩展了对这些途径的理解。我们的研究结果丰富了 UBI 与健康的文献，并为未来发展以经验为基础、以健康为重点的 UBI 研究提供了重要的见解。
