Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333613 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18174
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We re-assess the consequences of a NIT for two-parent families, utilizing hitherto untapped data. The Gary and Seattle experiments fail balancing tests. In New Jersey, Denver and Manitoba we estimate far greater labor supply responses than the current consensus, with remarkable consistency in point estimates and statistical significance across experiments, genders and countries. On the other hand, using newly collected data from archival records, we estimate substantial increases in happiness, marital satisfaction, household production, and social activities in Manitoba. We also reject the contentious finding that the NIT increased marital separations in Seattle-Denver, which is driven solely by Seattle.
Subjects: 
basic income
Negative Income Tax
income support
labour supply
marital satisfaction
household well-being
JEL: 
C93
I38
J12
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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