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Bachelor thesis

Why did the Swiss electorate refuse the initiative on Unconditional Basic Income ("UBI") and what this vote would suppose for Switzerland in the future ?

    2017

77 p.

Mémoire de bachelor: Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2017

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Suisse
English Working conditions and the work environment have evolved significantly over the last decades. As one of the consequences of automation and productivity gains, working time has decreased, and unemployment has increased since the middle of the XIX century. The portion of the active Swiss population working part time was 4% in 1960, 12% in 1970, 19% in 1990, 29% in 2000 and 34% in 2010. What would the job market be like in the post-automation and post-digitalization era? To answer these questions, the advocates of the popular initiative in Switzerland launched the debate on the Unconditional Basic Income. A UBI is a periodic cash payment unconditionally received by all individuals, without means-test or work obligations. This concept is not new and has been applied before in several countries around the globe with very different results. This debate led to the proposition of the federal initiative for an “Unconditional Basic Income”. The initiative was submitted to a popular vote on June 5th, 2016 in Switzerland. Unfortunately for its supporters, the popular initiative was refused by 76.9% of the Swiss electorate. Knowing that Swiss voters were concerned about the increasing unemployment rates and precarious work contracts, this thesis investigates the reasons that led Switzerland to refuse the initiative. Results obtained from a survey realized in Geneva, shown that 83.3% of the Swiss electorate is concerned about changes in the work environment. However, the initiative failed to be approved as the proportion of voters supporting the initiative was inferior to 50% of the electorate. Based on this fact, one can conclude that an important share of the population believed in the necessity of a security plan for unemployment but did not support the initiative. Furthermore, it can be concluded that being aware of the changes in the work environment and unemployment issues was not a sufficient reason to vote in favour of a UBI. Thus, this work proposes that the Swiss population do not believe that giving a lump sum to all citizens is the better solution to fight unemployment and counter arrest the threats of automation.
Language
  • English
Classification
Economics
Notes
  • Haute école de gestion Genève
  • International Business Management
  • hesso:hegge
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  • RERO DOC 306019
  • RERO R008735897
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https://sonar.ch/hesso/documents/314787
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