Basic Income Experiments

You will learn about the political context of cash assistance programs.

You will learn about cash assistance experiments across the country.

You will learn about the importance of registering experiments.

Candidate for President: Andrew Yang

Houston’s program: Supreme Court of Texas

Small group discussion (15 minutes):

• What do you think would be an ideal public safety net program?

• What is the best way to obtain public support for your program?

Global map of experiments: Stanford Basic Income Lab

Completed: SEED

Ongoing: Baby’s First Year

Hidden: Open Reseach

Reports: Center for Guaranteed Income Studies

Consort: Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Reports

Publication bias: Franco, A., Malhotra, N., & Simonovits, G. (2014). Publication bias in the social sciences: Unlocking the file drawer. Science, 345(6203), 1502-1505.

Registering an experiment: Open Research

What do you think would be an ideal public safety net program?

What is the best way to obtain public support for your program?