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Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya

Abhijit Banerjee; Michael Faye; Alan Krueger; Paul Niehaus; Tavneet Suri · NBER conference paper (working paper) · 2023

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Type: Report
Author: Abhijit Banerjee; Michael Faye; Alan Krueger; Paul Niehaus; Tavneet Suri
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: Working paper dated 15 September 2023; not yet peer-reviewed. Faye and Niehaus serve without compensation as directors of GiveDirectly.

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EstablishedThe study randomised 295 villages in Siaya and Bomet counties: 44 to a 12-year monthly UBI of $0.75 a day per adult, 80 to the same for two years, 71 to a lump sum of about $500 per adult and 100 to control.EstablishedAfter about two years, long-term UBI villages had more enterprises and net revenues up by slightly more than 50%; labour supply did not change overall but shifted from wage work to self-employment, and lump sums had similar or larger economic effects.