UBI experiments and results
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https://www.businessinsider.com/stockton-basic-income-experiment-success-employment-wellbeing-2021-3
“In Stockton, California, 125 residents got $500 per month, no strings attached, for two years.
After one year, full-time employment had increased in the group, and depression and anxiety decreased. ”
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The article might call it a 'success,' but I would not reach for that label just yet.
UBI is still new that there is not much of a theoretical or modeling framework to go with it, not enough to definitively nail down criteria for success or failure yet.
At this point I'm OK with just observations -- which metrics improved for whom, which other metrics deteriorated for whom, etc.
One article on one experiment is not going to give a comprehensive picture, and it's given that each article will have its bias. My intention is to keep collecting more articles on more UBI experiments and see if some pattern emerge.
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I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
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I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
@jon-nyc said in UBI experiments and results:
I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
Indeed. Without a control group, a test like that is meaningless.
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I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
@jon-nyc said in UBI experiments and results:
I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
Exactly my thoughts...
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@jon-nyc said in UBI experiments and results:
I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
Exactly my thoughts...
@lufins-dad said in UBI experiments and results:
@jon-nyc said in UBI experiments and results:
I’d want to know:
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were the success factors decided in advance of the experiment? Or were these just two metrics that had improved so they’re running with them?
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Was there a control group?
Exactly my thoughts...
The article does discuss the control group.
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