abstract: 'Advocates for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) argue that it would provide

  citizens with a basic foundation for financial security, boost the

  economy, alleviate poverty, encourage entrepreneurship, reduce crime,

  and insulate the employment sector against job losses due to automation.

  Still, the idea lags in popularity in the United States compared to

  existing cash policies such as the annual Earned Income Tax Credit and

  one-time COVID-19 relief packages. We hypothesize that this disparity is

  related to predicted uses of a UBI in comparison to annual or lump sum

  cash programs. In this survey of 836 Americans, we explore whether

  predicted behavioral responses to four randomly assigned hypothetical

  cash transfer scenarios vary across the domains of amount and frequency.

  Respondents are more likely to associate monthly payments with work

  disincentives and lump-sum transfers with debt repayment. Implications

  for UBI advocates include the need to continue educating the public on

  the empirical associations between UBI, employment, and expenditures.'
affiliation: 'Hamilton, L (Corresponding Author), Appalachian State Univ, Dept Social
  Work, ASU Box 32155, Boone, NC 28608 USA.

  Hamilton, Leah; Hall, Christian; Wright, Allison, Appalachian State Univ, Dept Social
  Work, ASU Box 32155, Boone, NC 28608 USA.

  Despard, Mathieu, Univ N Carolina, Dept Social Work, POB 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402
  USA.

  Roll, Stephen, Washington Univ, Social Policy Inst, One Brookings Dr, St Louis,
  MO 63130 USA.

  Bellisle, Dylan, Univ Illinois, Project Middle Class Renewal, 504 E Armory Ave,
  Champaign, IL 61820 USA.'
article-number: '133'
author: Hamilton, Leah and Despard, Mathieu and Roll, Stephen and Bellisle, Dylan
  and Hall, Christian and Wright, Allison
author-email: hamiltonl@appstate.edu
author_list:
- family: Hamilton
  given: Leah
- family: Despard
  given: Mathieu
- family: Roll
  given: Stephen
- family: Bellisle
  given: Dylan
- family: Hall
  given: Christian
- family: Wright
  given: Allison
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/socsci12030133
eissn: 2076-0760
files: []
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
keywords: survey research; experiment; universal basic income; welfare
keywords-plus: TAX CREDIT; WELFARE; SANCTIONS; POLITICS; CHILDREN; REFORM; EITC; RACE
language: English
month: MAR
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '82'
orcid-numbers: 'Despard, Mathieu/0000-0001-7590-7908

  Hamilton, Leah/0000-0002-1253-171X

  Bellisle, Dylan/0000-0003-2017-4983'
papis_id: f49144845be2487b64bf821a4d0959ea
ref: Hamilton2023doesfrequency
times-cited: '0'
title: Does Frequency or Amount Matter? An Exploratory Analysis the Perceptions of
  Four Universal Basic Income Proposals
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000957464100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '12'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2023'