A Basic Income Simulation for Scotland
A Scottish Budget
Basic Income
Budget Constraints
Blog
Income Tax
Basic Rate (%)
Higher Rate (%)
Top Rate (%)
Personal Allowance £pa
Basic Income
Adult £pa
Universal Pension £pa
Pension Age
Child £pa
Age of Adulthood
Treatment of Other Benefits
What do with means-tested benefits?
Keep As-Is
Abolish Completely
Keep Housing Support
How to treat non-means-tested Benefits?
Abolish Sickness/Disability Benefits
Abolish State Pensions
Abolish JSA and ESA
Abolish Other Benefits
How to treat income from UBI?
Treat as Income for Means-Tested Benefits
Make UBI Income Taxable?
Results for some Example Families
Results for the Whole of Scotland
Gainers and Losers
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Revenues and Costs
Incentives - Marginal Effective Tax Rates
Poverty
Inequality
Detailed Costs and Counts