The
social dividend is the return on the capital assets and natural resources
owned by society in a
socialist economy. It refers to the distribution of the
property income generated by
publicly-owned enterprises in the form of a dividend payment to each citizen, most notably appearing as a component in proposed models of
market socialism. A social dividend constitutes the individual's share of the capital and resources owned by society. A related concept is a
Basic income guarantee, which is differentiated from a social dividend in that a basic income does not necessarily imply social ownership.