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Forthcoming

  1. Laín, B. Did Thomas Jefferson Endorse Private Property? Journal of the Early Republic.
  2. Laín, B. & Torrens, L. Condicionalidad, Exclusión, e Ineficiencia: El caso español del Ingreso Mínimo Vital.
  3. Laín, B. & Julià, A. UBI support in Catalonia: identifying profiles, assessing causes, Data in Brief.

In Press

  1. Laín, B. (2026). Basic Income in the City. Exploring its City-Scale Feasibility. Cities.
  2. Lenna, V. and Laín, B. (2027). Housing as a social function of property: the bundle of rights of the Community Land Trust of Brussels, Política y Sociedad (accepted).
  3. Laín, B. (2027) ‘Beyond “Cold” Empirical Evidence: The Political and Policy Utility of Basic Income Experiments’, in L. Liu and R. K. Caputo (eds.), The Politics of Basic Income: International Experiences and Initiatives in the Public and Private Sector, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Froud, R., Grotle, M, Bar, A.H., West Pedersesn, A., Birnbaum. S., Cantillon, B., De Wispelaere, J., Gibson, M., Haagh, L., Johnson, E.A., Laín, B., Øiestad, B. E. Underwood, M. (2026). Towards a credible trial of the health effects of Universal BasicIncome in Norway: research priorities identifi ed from a conceptmapping workshop. BMC Public Health. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9221656/v1.

Published

  1. Laín, B. & Martínez Tinaut, A. (2026). Preferences, Inequality, and Coalitions: The Political Economy of (the Lack of Support for) Basic Income in Catalonia. Social Policy & Society. Published online 2026:1-20. (SJR Q1; JCR Q1). 10.1017/S1474746426101560.
  2. Laín, B. & Mundó, J. (2026). American Republican Property and Its Global Constitutional Legacy: The Enduring Politics of Fiduciary Ownership, PS: Political Science & Politics, Published online 2026:1-6. (SJR Q1; JCR Q1). 10.1017/S1049096526102273
  3. Laín, B. (2025). Fiduciary-Republican Property: From the Ancient Dominium to Modern Constitutionalism. Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques, 51 (1), 68-86. (Q2-JCR; Q3-SJR). 10.3167/hrrh.2025.510105
  4. Laín, B. (2024). Addressing the Sharing Economy—Some (Potential) Inconsistencies of Its Emancipatory Defense. Philosophies, 9 (6), 180-196 (SJR Q1; JCR Q2). 10.3390/philosophies9060180
  5. Sekulova, F., Bonilla F., & Laín, B. (2023). Life satisfaction and socio-economic vulnerability: evidence from the basic income experiment in Barcelona. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18, 2035-2063 (SJR Q2; JCR Q1). 10.1007/s11482-023-10176-x
  6. Riutort, S., Laín, B. & Julià, A. (2023). Basic Income at Municipal Level: Insights from the Barcelona B-MINCOME Pilot. Basic Income Studies, 18 (1), 1-30 (SJR Q3; JCR Q2), (ahead of print, March 10). 10.1515/bis-2021-0047
  7. Laín, B., & Julià, A. (2024). Why do poor people not take up benefits? Evidence from the Barcelona’s B-MINCOME experiment. Journal of Social Policy, 53 (1), 167-188 (SJR Q1; JCR Q1), (ahead of print, July 29, 2022). 10.1017/S0047279422000575
  8. Laín, B., & Manjarín, E. (2022). Private, public and common: republican and socialist blueprints, Theoria. A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 69 (171), 49–73 (SJR Q2; SJR Q3). 10.3167/th.2022.6917104
  9. Guerrero, D., Laín, B. & Popp-Madsen, B. (2022). Radical Republicanism. Democracy, Property and Rights, Theoria. A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 69(171), v–xi (SJR Q2; SJR Q3). 10.3167/th.2022.6917101
  10. Laín, B. (2022). Between Epistemic Necessity and Political Utility: The Role of Basic Income Experiments. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 41(2), 633–639 (SJR Q1; JCR Q1). 10.1002/pam.22384
  11. Laín, B. (2022). Policy Details as a Plea for Basic Income Experiments. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 41(2), 645–649 (SJR Q1; JCR Q1). 10.1002/pam.22386
  12. Laín, B. (2021). Basic income experiments: limits, constraints & opportunities. Ethical Perspectives, 28(1), 89–101 (SJR Q4; JCR Q4). 10.2143/EP.28.1.3289574
  13. Laín, B., & Merrill, R. (2021). Why do we run basic income experiments? From empirical evidence to collective debate. Basic Income Studies, 16(1), 27–38 (SJR Q3; JCR Q2). 10.1515/bis-2021-0018
  14. Laín, B. (2020). Ni absoluta, ni exclusiva. Una reconstrucción de la concepción de la propiedad republicano-jeffersoniana. Daimon. Revista Internacional de Filosofía, 81, 99–114 (SJR Q2; JCR Q3). 10.6018/daimon.428761
  15. Laín, B. (2020). Del derecho natural al pacto fiduciario: gobierno y propiedad en la economía política republicana. Isegoría. Revista de Filosofía Moral y Política, 62, 9–34 (SJR Q2; JCR Q3). 10.3989/isegoria.2020.062.01
  16. Alabao, N., Laín, B. & Raventós, D. (2020). Per una renda bàsica universal i incondicional més enllà de la situació actual: una proposta per a un món que s’acaba. Barcelona Societat. Revista de Coneixement i Anàlisi Social, 26, 1–7.
  17. Laín, B., Riutort, S., & Julià, A. (2019). The B-MINCOME project. Municipal innovation on guaranteed minimum incomes and active social policies. Barcelona Societat. Journal of Knowledge and Social Analysis, 23, 147–168.
  18. Laín, B., & Torrens, L. (2019). Combining a Minimum Income with Active Social Policies: Barcelona’s B-MINCOME Pilot. Green European Journal, 18, 24–29.
  19. Ylikahri, V.; Laín, B.; Mastini, R.; Evangelista, K.F.; Andor, L.; Schmid, L.; (2018). Filling in the Cracks: Visions of Social Protection that Works. Green European Journal, 17, 102–113.
  20. Laín, B., & Torrens, L. (2019). The minimum living wage initiative of Barcelona. Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research, 25(3), 386–391 (SJR Q2; JCR Q2).  10.1177/1024258919845754
  21. Laín, B. (2018). Comunidades, racionalidad y mercados: una crítica institucional a la defensa emancipadora de la economía colaborativa. Recerca. Revista de Pensament i Análisis, 23, 19–42 (SJR Q2; JCR Q1). 10.6035/Recerca.2018.23.2
  22. Laín, B. (2018). Common Property and (Pre) Distributive Justice.Oxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política, 12, 72­–88. 10.1344/oxi.2018.i12.20363
  23. Laín, B. (2018). Polanyi’s Economic Embeddedness, Countermovement, and Republican Political Economy. Ethics, Politics & Society. A Journal in Moral and Political Philosophy, 1(1), 369–402. 10.21814/eps.1.1.63
  24. Laín, B. (2017). ¿En qué sentido puede (o no) ser emancipadora la economía colaborativa? Redes.com. Revista de Estudios para el Desarrollo Social de la Comunicación, 15, 99–121. 10.15213/redes.n15.p99
  25. Laín, B. (2017). Algunas limitaciones en la comprensión de la economía colaborativa en sentido emancipador. Revista Española de Sociología, 26(1), 109–114 (SJR Q2; JCR Q4). 10.22325/fes/res.2017.6
  26. Laín, B. (2015). Republican Freedom and Basic Income. A Contemporary Interpretation of Jefferson and Robespierre. Révolution Française (10 November 2015).  http://revolution-francaise.net/2015/11/10/632-republican-freedom-and-basic-income-a-contemporary-interpretation-of-jefferson-and-robespierre
  27. Laín, B. (2015). Bienes Comunes, Cercamientos Digitales y Economía Política Popular. Política y Sociedad, 52(1), 99–124 (SJR Q3; JCR Q4). 10.5209/rev_POSO.2015.v1.n52.45425
  28. Laín, B. (2014). Karl Polanyi, Republicanismo Democrático y los Fundamentos Materiales de la Libertad.Encrucijadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales, 7, 112–132.
  29. Laín, B. (2012). Karl Polanyi, a Republican? Otra economía. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía Social y Solidaria, 6(11), 107–116.
  30. Laín, B. (2012). Los Fundamentos Republicanos del Cooperativismo. La Zurda, 2, 12-19.