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This drop might be taken as a first indication that the subjective well-being of BIS recipients may have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: COVID-19; welfare benefits; basic income support; subjective well-being; life satisfaction; inequality EN COVID-19 welfare benefits basic income support subjective well-being life satisfaction inequality 85 117 33 05/20/22 20220101 NES 220101 1 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected social and economic life around the world. Methods In this study, we are interested in a relatively simple question: Does the COVID-19 pandemic affect BIS recipients' subjective well-being in a different way compared to that of non-recipients? 5 Discussion In this article, we investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic increased social inequality between a group in Germany with great social disadvantages, BIS recipients, and the working-age population. [Extracted from the article]