What this covers
Place: Selected lower-income adults aged 21 to 40 in Illinois and Texas
Time covered: Payments from November 2020 to October 2023; paper revised August 2026
What this does not prove
1,000 people got US$1,000 a month; 2,000 got US$50. The weekly-work estimate uses 2,940 people. It does not show the full effect of national taxes or prices.
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The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States ↗
National Bureau of Economic Research · Revised 2026-08
Where to look: The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States
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