Project that gave $500 a month to some California residents shows that such efforts could have a ‘profound impact on public health, researchers say

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Results are out from a two-year experiment testing the effects of guaranteed income on residents of Stockton, California – but the findings were complicated by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers say.

The program, dubbed the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration or SEED, gave monthly payments of $500 to 131 people starting in February 2019. There was also a control group of 200 Stockton residents.A little over a year later, the Covid-19 pandemic began, launching a domino effect of lifestyle changes as more people stayed home under lockdown orders.Researchers Dr. Amy Castro and Dr. Stacia West, from the University […]

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