12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income

12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income

  • May 8, 2018
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12-year study will look at effects of universal basic income

Suri is conducting the research along with MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, Princeton professor Alan Krueger, University of California San Diego professor Paul Niehaus, and GiveDirectly president Michael Faye. Overall, GiveDirectly expects to transfer $25 million to more than 21,000 people (not including the control group), 5,000 of whom will receive cash transfers for 12 years. The money comes with no strings attached.

Source: mit.edu

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