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I’m not the OP, but I would like to see some UBI studies that are at least permanent (per participant), if not universal. It’d be a lot more interesting to me
by zhoujianfu 6y ago
I’m not the OP, but I would like to see some UBI studies that are at least permanent (per participant), if not universal.
It’d be a lot more interesting to me to see what happens when 30 people get $1,000/mo for the rest of their lives than what 20,000 people do with an extra $250 once.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoYou could run a test case in a low income country where 5 million goes a long way. For example, the median per-capita income in India is $600/yr[1]. You could use this money to provide 3,000 people with $300/yr for 5 years. https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/median-income-by-country/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/median-income-by...
- zozbot234 6y agoGive Directly does that. The organization is all about giving money to the extreme poor, and they're outstandingly effective at doing this. At the same time, they structure their giving activities as RCT's at varying levels (formerly household-based, now full villages AIUI) so they're also creating very valuable research output about these issues.
- zhoujianfu 6y agoTrue.. I’d probably rather do $120/yr for 3,000 people for life (as opposed to just five years). Assuming $120 is equivalent to $12,000 in the US, and for life is going to be more interesting than even five years. And at 7% interest you could afford this forever off the $5M endowment.