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Evidence that Unconditional Cash Works

10. 23. 2017

Over the last 50 years there have been several experiments that provide clear evidence that unconditional cash works.

People around the world are turning to Basic Income as a way to ensure economic stability for everyone moving forward. But how do we know it will work? Over the last 50 years there have been several experiments that provide clear evidence that unconditional cash works:

• Seattle/ Denver Income Maintenance Experiment: https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/overview-final-report-seattle-denver-income-maintenance-experiment
• Mincome Experiment: http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cpp.37.3.283
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Casino Dividends: http://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/No-Strings-Attached-050417-1.pdf
• Give Directly, Kenya Trials: https://www.givedirectly.org/research-on-cash-transfers
• World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Cash Transfer Studies: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOCIALPROTECTION/Resources/SP-Discussion-papers/Safety-Nets-DP/0605.pdf