Here are two articles that gave me insight: http://mondediplo.com/2013/05/04income http://mondediplo.com/2013/05/04income and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINC

Here are two articles that gave me insight: http://mondediplo.com/2013/05/04income http://mondediplo.com/2013/05/04income and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINCOME https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINCOME Basically, people who were working out of desperation worked less, otherwise people used the money to ensure food safety, invest in businesses or improving their lives. I really don't think "lazy" is a valuable label. It tends to be applied when there are underlying causes for the supposed "laziness". When those causes are repaired the laziness tends to go away. For example: illness, precarity, hopelessness (as you mentioned), a lack of opportunities. I'd suggest doing away with the overly simplistic "lazy" and using more accurate words which express the underlying causes.