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.