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IGPA Faculty Coffee with Alex Bartik – Guaranteed Basic Income Study

IGPA Faculty Coffee with Alex Bartik – Guaranteed Basic Income Study

Start Date: February 4, 2025 End Date: February 4, 2025
Start Time: 9:00 am End Time: 10:00 am
Location: This is a hybrid event offered on Zoom and at IGPA's Urbana Office at 1007 W. Nevada St. Urbana, IL 61801

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The Institute of Government & Public Affairs invites you to our next faculty coffee on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from 9 – 10 am CT, in Urbana and on Zoom. For those who join in person, there will be coffee and breakfast items!

IGPA will be hosting Alex Bartik to speak about his recently published study about guaranteed basic income.  This study was conducted through a nonprofit organization OpenResearch, more about the study can be found here:  Unconditional Cash Study | OpenResearch

Alex Bartik is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Research Affiliate of the Poverty Lab at the University of Chicago.

The project studies a randomized experiment in which 1,000 low-income adults in the United States received $1,000 per month for three years, with 2,000 control participants receiving $50 over that same period. The study combines a rare combination of survey data, administrative data (including credit records, UI records, among other sources), biomarkers, and qualitative interviews with participants. This experiment combined with these data provides a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of unconditional cash transfers on a wide array of outcomes, including consumption and balance sheets, labor market outcomes, health inputs and outcomes, and political behavior.

This is a hybrid event offered on Zoom and at IGPA’s Urbana Office at 1007 W Nevada St Urbana, IL 61801. A calendar invitation will be sent after registration.

To register for the event, please visit the registration link.

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