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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 29

I said this in the other site but I count 3 of the authors quoted in that NYT article, and their paper was released as an NBER WP so not exactly hidden. Quite unfair in my opinion for the journalist to put the blame on the researchers and not on the media!

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Haha all good just thought it was funny 😄

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

the public loves us 🥰

bubba @jortscity.bsky.social · Jul 21

NO MORE BASIC INCOME STUDIES!!! WEVE HAD ENOUGH!!!!

Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 New NBER working paper: "The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children"

This paper estimates the effects of receiving a $1,000/month guaranteed income for 3 years, compared to a control group receiving $50/month, on children and parents in the US. 1/

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks Nathan!

Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

More in the paper! @alexbartik.bsky.social @evavivalt.bsky.social @elizabethrds.bsky.social @dbroockman.bsky.social

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

The transfer doesn’t seem to have affected births in either linked admin records or in our survey measures. So much for kids being “normal”!

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Linking to admin records on college going for the kids, the point estimates suggest positive effects but most of the kids are just too young for this to be conclusive. We’ll just have to wait..

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Statewide standardized math test scores may have somewhat worsened for the treated kids, although the effect is not significant after adjusting for multiple hypothesis testing and we see no similar effect for English.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

We linked kids to administrative records from schools. We don’t find much of a change in these outcomes like attendance or repeating a grade.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

We don’t find changes in many other outcomes we might have thought would have improved—like the home or neighborhood environment, children’s food security, or parental satisfaction.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

But! Parents in the treatment group also reported that their kids had more stress and developmental difficulties. Possibly because they were monitoring them more closely and picked up on problems they might not have noticed.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Parents also spent more $ on their kids, especially those with low baseline incomes. Among these parents, the use of and quality of non-parental care (like daycare) also increased.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

Treated parents reported better parenting behaviors, with the biggest improvements among the parents with the lowest baseline incomes; monitoring and supervision improved and reports of using corporal punishment fell.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jul 21

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

Abstract for NBER WP 34040, “The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children”

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J-PAL North America @j-palna.bsky.social · Mar 3

1/4 🗓️Save the date!
On March 18, from 3:30-5pm ET we are hosting a webinar featuring 3 #RCTs that evaluated the impact of cash transfers on health. Read this 🧵 to learn more about the research and register for the event (www.povertyactionlab.org/event/unders...

Alt text: Featured Event: Understanding the Impacts of Cash Transfers on Health Outcomes | March 18, 2025 | 3:30-5:00pm ET | Live over Zoom. Left hand side: Photo of a woman holding a credit card and phone while smiling.

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · Feb 28

What can you say, really? Just an endless series of disgraceful lows.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · Jan 24

I’m sorry to hear this. Unfortunately this is not the first example I’ve heard of…

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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · Jan 21

We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a $1000/month guaranteed income. 🚨

These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.

Read on for results! 1/