TY - BOOK
T1 - Levelling the Mental Health Gradient among Young People: How Universal Basic Income can address the crisis in anxiety and depression
T2 - Interim Report
AU - Johnson, Elliott
AU - Villadsen, Aase
AU - Parra Mujica, Fiorella
AU - Webster, Hannah
AU - Thorold, Riley
AU - Morrison, James
AU - Mathers, Al
AU - Reed, Howard
AU - Lansley, Stewart
AU - Chen, Tao
AU - Kypridemos, Christodoulos
AU - O'Flaherty, Martin
AU - Nettle, Daniel
AU - Cookson, Richard
AU - Pickett, Kate E.
AU - Johnson, Matthew T
N1 - Funding information:
This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust as part of a project entitled Assessing the prospective impacts of Universal Basic Income (UBI) on anxiety and depression among 14-24-year-olds. This serves as a pilot study for our much broader, long-term examination of the role of Universal Basic Income as a public health measure.
PY - 2022/7/28
Y1 - 2022/7/28
N2 - New research from the RSA in partnership with a multidisciplinary team led by Matthew Johnson, Professor in Politics at Northumbria University, explores the possible benefits of a universal basic income in the UK.In the context of the basic income trial in Wales, which will see care leavers receive £1,600 per month, we identify the potential wellbeing impacts of a more universal trial and the financial implications of the policy.In 2021, the RSA held workshops with young people to understand more about their financial lives, and what impact a UBI might have on their wellbeing. We found that:* The current system does not work for young people and they face a trade-off between work, study and leisure.* Young people realise how important education is to their future, but their efforts are being undermined by a lack of necessary financial security.* Young people support UBI in general and tend to believe a UBI should be paid on top of some existing benefits.The RSA’s workshops are supported by economic analysis from Landman Economics which finds that a UBI is affordable and has potential as a preventative health strategy. Further, new polling reveals high public support for a UBI, suggesting there is appetite to explore the policy beyond the current trial in Wales.
AB - New research from the RSA in partnership with a multidisciplinary team led by Matthew Johnson, Professor in Politics at Northumbria University, explores the possible benefits of a universal basic income in the UK.In the context of the basic income trial in Wales, which will see care leavers receive £1,600 per month, we identify the potential wellbeing impacts of a more universal trial and the financial implications of the policy.In 2021, the RSA held workshops with young people to understand more about their financial lives, and what impact a UBI might have on their wellbeing. We found that:* The current system does not work for young people and they face a trade-off between work, study and leisure.* Young people realise how important education is to their future, but their efforts are being undermined by a lack of necessary financial security.* Young people support UBI in general and tend to believe a UBI should be paid on top of some existing benefits.The RSA’s workshops are supported by economic analysis from Landman Economics which finds that a UBI is affordable and has potential as a preventative health strategy. Further, new polling reveals high public support for a UBI, suggesting there is appetite to explore the policy beyond the current trial in Wales.
UR - https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/healthcaseforubi/publications/
M3 - Commissioned report
SN - 9781911532668
BT - Levelling the Mental Health Gradient among Young People: How Universal Basic Income can address the crisis in anxiety and depression
PB - Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce
CY - London
ER -