Assesment of Universal Basic Income

Daniel Cosimo Di Munno

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

Universal basic income has been an increasingly discussed topic in recent years amidst increasing job automation. Many manual jobs could be entirely replaced by machines in the next 20 years. Universal basic income should guarantee a certain level of financial security to the citizens that might be affected by those changes. This thesis will focus on the latest projects on universal basic income and will try to adapt a form of basic income to the Czech economic environment. Its aim is to describe the impacts on the population of the Czech Republic and the impact on the fiscal policy of the state. Methods used are mostly theoretical, comparing the Czech Republic and Finland. The results show that at this point in time the existence of the universal basic income in the Czech Republic is unrealistic. The resulting amount would be too low, under the current poverty line in the Czech Republic, making universal basic income a downgrade for certain groups in our society, namely pensioners.

Keywords

basic income, universal basic income, welfare, Czech economy, comparison, pensions, pilot projects

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 3. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Jiří Mach, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management