Main Factors for a Proposal for a Social Protection Floor

This paper makes a proposal for a basic income (BI) to cover the essential needs of citizens. First the factors that determine the amount spent on essential needs by individuals in Spain in 2010 are examined. Then the factors (number of family members, number of dependents, region of residence, char...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2015-08, Vol.123 (1), p.59-76
Main Authors: Pena-Miguel, Noemi, Pena Esteban, JInaki, Fernandez-Sainz, Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basic income
Citizenship
Departments
Economics
Expenditures
Households
Human Geography
Income
Income distribution
Individual Characteristics
Inequality
International organizations
Medical Services
Microeconomics
Minimum income
Needs
Older Adults
Poverty
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Regression (Statistics)
Regression analysis
Social indicators
Social protection
Social research
Social Sciences
Social Services
Social theory
Sociology
Spain
Standard of living
Studies
Unemployment
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Summary:This paper makes a proposal for a basic income (BI) to cover the essential needs of citizens. First the factors that determine the amount spent on essential needs by individuals in Spain in 2010 are examined. Then the factors (number of family members, number of dependents, region of residence, characteristics of head of household, etc.) that determine essential needs are analyzed, based on the Spanish Household Budget Survey (2010), using quantile regression. The regression results are then used to draw up a BI proposal taking household type into account. The aim is to determine the amount of BI needed to protect people from social risks and the resulting insecurities while covering essential needs using those main factors. BI may thus be a powerful tool for combating poverty and inequality. Its main purpose is to meet the essential needs of individuals, so it could be used as a measure to guarantee a basic level of social and economic security for all members of society in place of current minimum income grants and other social benefits.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-014-0734-3