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The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States

Eva Vivalt; Elizabeth Rhodes; Alexander W. Bartik; David Broockman; Patrick Krause; Sarah Miller · Quarterly Journal of Economics 141(4): 2675–2734 · 2026

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Type: Article
Author: Eva Vivalt; Elizabeth Rhodes; Alexander W. Bartik; David Broockman; Patrick Krause; Sarah Miller
Identifier: DOI 10.1093/qje/qjag042
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: First circulated as NBER Working Paper 32719 (2024).

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EstablishedIn the OpenResearch study, $1,000 a month for three years (2020–2023) reduced recipients' income excluding the transfers by about $1,900 a year and labour-market participation by 4.2 percentage points, relative to a control group receiving $50 a month.