"We estimate the extensive and intensive margin labor supply response to the monthly Child Tax Credit disbursed in 2021 as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act. [...] We do not find strong evidence of a change in labor supply." nber.org/papers/w31110

A new paper from Chase H. Dorn of U of SC Economics uses PolicyEngine to simulate a set of four policy reforms, involving universal basic income, Social Security, and individual income taxes. #PoweredByPolicyEngine scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewconten…

📚✨ New Nature Communications study reveals state-level macro-economic factors impact the link between low income, brain structure & mental health in U.S. kids. Generous cash benefits for low-income families can help reduce disparities! 🧠🌟 nature.com/articles/s4146…

🚨MEGA BLOG: if transformative AI causes the value of labour to drop to zero (as per OpenAI's Sam Altman) - could Basic Income save the day?🚨 Adam Smith Institute's Connor Axiotes, Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸's Senior Advisor Scott Santens, & Nikhil Woodruff of PolicyEngine discuss. adamsmith.org/blog/basic-inc…

🌼 #HappyMothersDay! Our report shows that a $200/month child allowance could lift a million moms out of poverty, benefiting mental health & child development. 🌟👩‍👧‍👦 ubicenter.org/us-mothers-day

"Our findings illustrate how the monthly [child tax] credit allowed parents to gain residential independence from partners, reduce the number of people residing in their household, and reduce their past-due rent/mortgage." nber.org/papers/w31339?…

.GiveDirectly💸 is hiring a Policy Director! "We want you to lead our long-term policy influencing efforts around the potential of cash to address poverty" boards.greenhouse.io/givedirectly/j…

"We should instead feel hopeful: Cash transfers are a proven way to accelerate the transformation of the poorest economies." –– read Caroline Teti's response to Anton Jäger & Daniel Zamora Vargas's cash transfers critique in Washington Post Opinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Don't miss our CEO Max Ghenis discussing cliffs alongside leaders from @mothersoutreach, DCFPI, Bread for the City is on Bluesky, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, and @whitmanwalker. Starting in one hour on Zoom!

worldcoin launches today: worldcoin.org

Yesterday, Rep. Salud Carbajal reintroduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act as H.R.5744. We found that a similarly structured carbon fee-and-dividend policy would cut US poverty by 10% within a decade. ubicenter.org/us-carbon-divi…

New study: An extra $1,000 from Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend transfers early in a child's life leads to a 10% reduction in referrals to Child Protective Services by age three. #UBI #ChildWelfare nber.org/papers/w31733

New study: Workshops aimed at lifting aspirations enhance living standards of people in poverty. Yet, when paired with cash transfers, they don't outperform cash alone, which independently boosts aspirations too. #PovertyAlleviation #EconomicDevelopment nber.org/papers/w31735

Congratulations to our founder, Max Ghenis, for his award-winning research! The study, published by UBI Center, highlights the nuanced impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act's EV credits and the importance of informed policy decisions. 🏆

Reflecting this #VeteransDay on our 2020 research: A $300/month UBI could reduce veteran poverty by half. A crucial insight as we honor our veterans. Explore the study: ubicenter.org/veterans

Our inaugural forum of Hypertext dives into one overlooked aspect of Milton Friedman’s thought — his advocacy of an unconditional negative income tax (NIT) that would create an income floor no American could fall below. niskanencenter.org/unconditional-…

Women are nearly 20% more likely to be in poverty than men. Universal basic income policies can shrink that gap by more than half. #InternationalWomensDay ubicenter.org/womens-day-2021

We can do a small universal basic income right now, and we could choose to do it in a way that wouldn't increase the money supply at all, by pairing it with an annually rising carbon fee. What could be $65/mo in UBI to start could exceed $100/mo in year 4 and $200/mo in year 8.

See our study on a land value dividend in the UK: ubicenter.org/uk-lvt