The introduction of a partial basic income targeted at young people living in France would provide an important 'leg up' for the country's disenfranchised youth, say the authors of a new report. The analysis, from the University of Bath's Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA) at the University of Essex, assesses a range of different policy options proposed for basic income in France and considers trade-offs required in terms of how these would be funded.