Universal basic income is generating some buzz in this election cycle. Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is pushing this idea of a guaranteed income for every adult. No strings attached. But Alaska already has it. Since 1983, the state’s Permanent Fund Dividend has provided an annual, unconditional, and universal income to Alaskans. What’s more, economists are telling us that it might serve to lower a child’s risk of obesity. Brett Watson, Mouhcine Guettabi, and Matthew Reimer published their analysis last week on SSRN.
A Model from Data on Alaska’s Children and Families
These researchers crunched a lot of data from diverse […]
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