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I think that was confirmed in the Ontario UBI study. There was a small but significant minority of people whose lives worsened on UBI. Although a majority repor
by onetimeusename 5y ago
I think that was confirmed in the Ontario UBI study. There was a small but significant minority of people whose lives worsened on UBI. Although a majority reported being better off a significant percentage of people were the same or worse.
The study also showed that it basically did not change people's employment status or job training. That was a benefit touted for UBI. If people had income coming in that didn't depend on working they would seek job training and improve their careers. However, that did not appear to be the case generally.
It took a lot of effort to find this. It was buried beneath news spam in search results where things were cherry picked out of it.
Study is here: https://labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/documents/southern-ontarios-basic-income-experience.pdf https://labourstudies.mcmaster.ca/documents/southern-ontario...
- pseudalopex 5y agoOntario's basic program was a minimum income guarantee. Not UBI. Earned income reduced benefits. And within 10 months a party opposed to the program took over and announced an early end. What do you think confirmed frivolous spending? What ruled out chronic health issues or other factors? Your source said 26.2% started education or training. Where did you see this basically did not change? 71.8% who didn't work during the program cited health issues.