?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18409%2F&rft.title=Means+testing+versus+basic+income%3A+the+(lack+of)+political+support+for+a+universal+allowance&rft.creator=Cremer%2C+Helmuth&rft.creator=Roeder%2C+Kerstin&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=This+paper+studies+the+political+economy+of+a+basic+income+(BI)+versus+a+means+tested+welfare+scheme.+We+show+in+a+very+simple+setting+that+if+society+votes+on+the+type+of+system%2C+its+generosity+as+well+as+the+%E2%80%9Cseverity%E2%80%9D+of+means+testing+(if+any)%2C+a+BI+system+could+only+emerge+in+the+political+equilibrium+under+very+strong+and+empirically+implausible+conditions.+Instead%2C+the+political+process+leads+to+a+means+tested+system.+The+necessity+to+draw+political+support+does+affect+the+design+of+the+system%2C+but+it+only+implies+that+means+testing+becomes+less+severe+so+that+benefits+are+extended+also+to+themiddle+classes.+However%2C+a+fully+universal+system+is+rejected+by+a+majority.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2015-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=fr&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18409%2F1%2FCremer_18409.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cremer%2C+Helmuth+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F058485376%3E+and+Roeder%2C+Kerstin++(2015)+Means+testing+versus+basic+income%3A+the+(lack+of)+political+support+for+a+universal+allowance.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+15-588+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F29485&rft.language=en