What this covers
Place: Germany; selected adults aged 21 to 40 who lived alone
Time covered: Payments from June 2021 to May 2024; papers updated March 2026
What this does not prove
The main trial had 107 recipients and 1,580 people in the comparison group. This is not a test of a tax-funded plan for all of Canada.
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Basic income and labor supply: Theory and evidence from an RCT in Germany ↗
Sarah Bernhard and co-authors; author-hosted paper · 2026-03-28
Where to look: Basic income and labor supply: Theory and evidence from an RCT in Germany
Cash Transfers, Mental Health, and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany ↗
Sandra Bohmann and co-authors; author-hosted paper · 2026-03-22
Where to look: Cash Transfers, Mental Health, and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
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