Labor Supply Found in 115 Experiments in Low and Middle Income Countries

Soomi Lee. USBIG Blog Editor A sweeping new synthesis of unconditional cash trials in poorer countries finds people spent, saved, and worked more, not less. Give a low-income household some cash and let them do whatever they want with…

What a Unconditional $1,000 a Month Did to People's Work

For three years, a group of low-income Americans received an extra $1,000 every month, no strings attached. There were no forms to fill out to prove they deserved it. The money just arrived. The researchers behind it wanted to test one old…

U.S. Has Run 105 Local Guaranteed Income Experiments. Researchers Reviewed Them.

Over the past decade, cities and counties across the United States tried a bold idea. Give people cash, with no strings attached, and see what happens. These programs went by the name guaranteed income. A new study steps back from that noise…