New study gave $7,500 to 50 unhoused people.

Guess what?

"They did not spend more money on alcohol or drugs, contrary to what people believe, and instead they spent the money on rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, a used car, clothes. It's entirely the opposite of what people think they're going to do with the money."

Congrats to my UBC colleague Jiaying Zhao on this study.

#Unhoused #CashTransfers #UBC #IRES

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave-50-homeless-people-7-500-each-here-s-what-they-spent-it-on-1.6540030

RT @Ugentilini
A battery of papers demonstrated the positive effects of US #ChildTaxCredit #cashtransfers.

A new study finds that:
- CTC reduced anxiety & depression of low income people
- effects were not immediate & emerged after 3 months of payments.

Kovski et al
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732300085X#fig1

Why basic income? Why cash transfers? Why GiveDirectly?

Our CEO and co-founder Jeff explains why.

#basicincome #cashtransfers

Can #cashtransfers reduce the risk of low birthweight? New article by @UBSPHHP PhD Candidate Sarah Quiñones et al. says yes, but it depends on the season. @nonjake @ubuffalo @ualbanysph @UNICEFGhana blob:null/1aa0ae69-5163-4d28-9031-13fb38598178

RT @Ugentilini@twitter.com

Experiencing stressful situations during pregnancy can lower the weight of children at birth.

In #Korea, universal #cashtransfers (0.9% of GDP) provided during Covid-19 offset 80% of newborns’ weight losses induced by difficult pandemic times.

Jung
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-023-09759-1

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Ugentilini/status/1620247965700100097

It's been an excellent year for Social Income and we are grateful to everyone who helped us in our fight against poverty. 🥳

With the goal to support more and more people in Sierra Leone, we wish you all a great 2023! 🎆

👉 Remember you can access most of our data in real time on our transparency page: socialincome.org/finances

#SocialIncome #BasicIncome #ubi #donate #impact #solidarity #CashTransfers #transparency #2022

How are countries responding to inflation?
Our new tracker v4 offers an in-depth, 500+ page update on #socialprotection measures to counter high energy and food prices:
- data for 1000+ measures in 170 economies
- subsides widely used (36% of tot)
- 1B people covered (725M by #cashtransfers)
- $710B spent

https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099400012222223378/pdf/P176585074ebcd0260a3ca04efbbb3c25c0.pdf

TL;DR = build housing and implement direct cash transfers.

Gotta love it when conservative viewpoints are YIMBYism: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/towards-a-conservative-housing-policy/

#housing #YIMBY #cashtransfers #conservative

TL;DR = build housing and implement direct cash transfers.

Gotta love it when conservative viewpoints are YIMBYism: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/towards-a-conservative-housing-policy/

#housing #YIMBY #cashtransfers #conservative

My 10 suggested #socialprotection and #cashtransfers 2022 readings for the holidays. Enjoy!

https://t.co/TGzpN76e5x

#introduction time. I examine how social policies like #cashtransfers affect health, violence & well-being using mixed-method research. I have conducted this work across academia, the UN & NGOs.
I’m currently an associate professor @ Univ at Buffalo where I am PI of the 2PE Lab & am also President of Policy Research Solutions LLC (PRESTO).
I’m passionate about:
• providing usable evidence on policies/programs that promote equity & reduce poverty
• mentoring
• facilitating evidence uptake

Important paper on the unintended negative effects of particular designs of #cashtransfers in #Ecuador: people's uncertainty on eligibility criteria, large benefit size and preference for short-term cash can create perverse incentives to remain poor.

Mora et al
https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/113473334/wp2022_038.pdf

#introduction

I'm a #socialprotection specialist working for Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), a global network dedicated to improving the lives of the working poor in the informal economy through research, organizing and advocacy.

I'm interested in all aspects of #socialpolicy, #labourmarkets #taxes, #socialsecurity and #cashtransfers, in particular how to expand coverage in contexts of #informality

A podcast on my current focus👇
https://soundcloud.com/informaleconomypodcastsp/26-challenging-global-social-protection-orthodoxies

New to this space, I am curious to explore, excited to interact & eager to learn from you all!
I mostly work on issues related to #socialprotection, #cashtransfers & #basicincome globally, & how they intersect with some of the biggest challenges of our times.
So much is going on, hence if interested in a weekly synthesis of materials check out ugogentilini.net or email me to get them in your inbox (ugentilini@worldbank.org).
(ps I am the global lead for social assistance at the World Bank)

Hello fellow #econtwitter émigrés! A belated #introduction. I’m a #developmenteconomist who studies #gender, #cashtransfers, #nutrition, and #health. At the moment, I am a senior economist in the World Bank’s research dept, but soon enough, will be a senior fellow at CGD.

Helloo #EconTwitter! A smol #introduction about me. I am currently an RA at #TheWorldBank’s Poverty and Equity GP, based out of 🇧🇩. I am leading the data collection effort in a representative panel survey in Cox’s Bazar, that is geared to understand the impact of the #Rohingya influx since 2017.
I am hoping to apply for a PhD in Economics/Public Policy for Fall 2024 (fingers crossed 🤞). Primary interests rn are #socialprotection and #cashtransfers.
I LOVE working out and coffee (not americano)

#CashTransfers #G2PPayments #DBT #RCT
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RT @roadscholarz
Jean Drèze on the perils of some “randomized controlled trials” (RCTs) in economics, and possible safeguards – with a startling case study. Do read.

https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/miscellany/on-the-perils-of-embedded-experiments.html
https://twitter.com/roadscholarz/status/1501783571845255171

Snags in digital channels due to surge in enquiries by anxious daily wagers: Report

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/covid-19-impact-snags-in-digital-channels-due-to-surge-in-enquiries-by-anxious-daily-wagers-report-5211011.html

#AePSDenial #DBT #CashTransfers

Bank correspondents making a killing in rural areas
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bank-correspondents-making-a-killing-in-rural-areas/article31482574.ece

#AePS #MDRWars #AePSDenial #CashTransfers #DBT