Research posts
Here you will find notices about research and research results relating to Basic Income
Malcolm Torry, “How might we implement a citizen’s income?”
Malcolm Torry, director of the UK’s Citizen’s Income Trust (CIT) and co-secretary of BIEN, has prepared a report on implementing a citizen’s income (i.e. a basic income for UK citizens) for the Institute for Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW).
Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, “Employment or Income Guarantees: Which Would Do the Better Job?”
Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, Professor Emerita of Social Work at Adelphi University, evaluates the relative merits of income guarantees and job guarantees in a recent article for the journal New Labor Forum.
New academic research shows that basic income improves health
PROOF, the interdisciplinary research group that studies food insecurity in Canada, has published research on guaranteed annual income and food insecurity (not having access to sufficient affordable, nutritious food) in Canadian Public Policy. Seven years of...
American Economic Review article “The Long-Run Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families”
An article on the impact of cash transfers on longevity was published in the April 2016 volume of the American Economic Review, a highly distinguished peer-reviewed journal published by the American Economic Association.
ZAMBIA: Household Spending exceeds Unconditional Cash Transfers with 59% within three years: a Randomized Controlled Trial
In a recent review, the World Bank estimates that around 150 countries in the ‘developing world' have implemented cash assistance programmes, which together reach approximately 800 million people. The impact of such programmes in sub-Saharan Africa was...
US: Washington DC think tank releases report on universal child benefit
The Niskanen Center, a libertarian think tank based in Washington DC, has produced a new report on the potential of universal child benefit: “Toward a Universal Child Benefit” by Samuel Hammond and Robert Orr. The report proposes an unconditional benefit of $2000 annually for every child under the age of 18, which would be phased out for higher-income families.
Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed, “Universal Basic Income: An idea whose time has come?”
Stewart Lansley (University of Bristol and City University) and Howard Reed (Landman Economics) co-authored an extensive report on basic income for the British think tank Compass earlier this year. They summarize their findings in a post at the LSE blog.
FINLAND: Kela’s report on Basic Income experiments released in English
Kela’s report on Finland’s basic income experiment is now available in English, also including a postscript on the bill drafted by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Interview: The feasibility of citizen’s income
After many years writing scholarship on the citizen's income (or basic income), Malcolm Torry was constantly asked about the feasibility of the policy. A new book by Torry, The Feasibility of Citizen’s Income, seeks to answer this question. Below is an...
CANADA: Research organization releases two new reports on Basic Income
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)–a national independent research institute studying issues related to social, economic, and environmental justice–recently released two reports on basic income.
Report: “Pilot Lessons: How to design a basic income pilot project for Ontario”
Four expert basic income researchers have released “Pilot Lessons”. The document offers recommendations to the Ontario government on the basis of previous trials and calls for a greater focus on the impact of a guaranteed income on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Massive cash transfer study shows ‘impressive’ results
The Overseas Development Institute just released the largest meta-analysis of cash transfer programs ever, spanning 15 years of data and 165 studies. The main takeaway is that studies show a consistent reduction in poverty measures. Perhaps an even more important...
