Simulator "YC UBI" that can calculate the cost of "basic income" which can receive unconditionally to live a minimum life

By401 (K) 2012

Large scale experiment of "basic income" that can live without workingThe Y combinator of the venture capital is planning, but the assistant · Jones made a simulator and made it public to see how much cost it would cost when actually doing it.

YC UBI - So you want to run a Basic Income experiment?
https://ycbi.org/


Basic incomeIs the idea that the government will provide cash so that the people can live a minimum life.

Josh Jones who created the simulator is interesting in the experiments that the Y combinator is going to do, but it does not have funds indefinitely, so how much does it cost when changing the conditions of the field trials variously I made a simulator that understands.

In the default state, it is displayed as "1,423,635 dollars (about 1,624 million yen)". What is displayed here is the total cost that is incurred when carrying out the basic income verification experiment under the set conditions, and it is a trial calculation on the premise that "the experiment is going to be carried out through 2016".


First of all, the fixed cost that can not be moved is 200,000 dollars a year (about 22.82 million yen), which does not change under any conditions. The other costs vary depending on the conditions, but by default it is $ 1379 per participant per year (about 153,700 yen), the cost of participants and basic income beneficiaries is about $ 585,441 per person 6,680,000 yen). It seems there is a difference between "participant" and "beneficiary" in order to compare with people who do not receive basic income or who do not receive it.

There are several setting contents. First of all, what is the amount of money given as a basic income? By default, it is set to Medium ($ 1100 per month (about 125,500 yen)), but you can choose small ($ 550 per month (about 622,000 yen)), large ($ 2200 per month (about 250,000 yen per month)) I will. Since you can select more than one checkbox, you can say "3,300 dollars a month (about 37 thousand 6500 yen)", but it is likely to fall out of the purpose of basic income "minimum living amount" .


Next is the period of paying basic income. There are three types, short term (1 year), middle term (5 years), lifetime (40 years).


The frequency of payment can be selected from three types: "biweekly", "monthly", "annual" and "collective". I can try it because the simulation is pretty inconvenient setting to pay for 40 years at once.


From here it is not money but the condition of the participants / recipients, there are four: "age" "educational background" "social economy" "urban or countryside". Although detailed explanation is not attached, if you uncheck it, the participants and the persons to be paid will decrease, so the cost will go down.


Next is "economic success" "social success" "happiness" "health" four, how much will cover with basic income? Of course, reducing the check reduces the cost.


The magnitude of the impact of basic income on the above four is selected from small, medium and large. Reducing the impact will increase the number of people involved and increase the cost.