> Most people will never abandon their job for 5 years of guaranteed income, even if they hate their job.
Perhaps, when no longer totally living hand-to-mouth, during those 5 years they can e.g. take evening classes and eventually qualify for a better job.
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
by CuriousSkeptic on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @04:47PM
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or they'll use the five years to retrain, start their own business, and if doesn't pans out, it's an easily explained gap with valuable experience
What happens after the money ends? They have to re-train, search for a job, apply, interview, explain a 5 years gap, climb the office/workshop ladder from the bottom again...
Situation changes radically if the income is guaranteed for life, if they are guaranteed to never have the necessity to work again.
Since a study limited to 5 years can't, by design, satisfy this last condition, it won't be significant at predicting how many people will leave a "hard" job.