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This is not really that significant of a result, given that the measure of poverty they used is an income threshold. In other words, the study result found that
by manfredo 7y ago
This is not really that significant of a result, given that the measure of poverty they used is an income threshold. In other words, the study result found that supplementing income with direct cash payments reduced the percentage of people that fell below the poverty income threshold. Which is an obvious consequence of a uniform increase in people's income.
- paulddraper 7y agoExactly. To highlight the difference: the money was coming from people's wallets outside of the measured population. In other words, they were delivering free lunches.