What’s the impact on employment of giving a large amount of cash to people unconditionally? A new study by Eva Vivalt, Elizabeth Rhodes, Alexander W. Bartik, David E. Broockman, and Sarah Miller looks at this question. The motivation behind the work includes: Much less is known about the impact of unearned income on other significant aspects of the labor market, such as job search, quality of employment, entrepreneurial activities, barriers to employment and disability, human capital formation, and labor market mobility. We also have limited understanding of how income affects other uses of a recipient’s time, or how recipients […]
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