The town with no poverty: the health effects of a Canadian guaranteed annual income field experiment
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This paper has two purposes. First, it documents the historical context of MINCOME, a Canadian guaranteed annual income field experiment (1974 to 1979). Second, it uses routinely collected health administration data and a quasi-experimental design to document an 8.5 percent reduction in the hospitalization rate for participants relative to controls, particularly for accidents and injuries and mental health. We also found that participant contacts with physicians declined, especially for mental health, and that more adolescents continued into grade 12. We found no increase in fertility, family dissolution rates, or improved birth outcomes. We conclude that a relatively modest GAI can improve population health, suggesting significant health system savings.
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- Authors
- Forget, E. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Forget, Evelyn L.
- ORCID
- Forget, Evelyn L.
- Venue
- Canadian Public Policy
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 283-305
- ISSN
- 0317-0861 (ISSN-L)
- 1911-9917
- OpenAlex
- W4234106834
- Cited by
- 359
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Public Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Employment and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Keywords
- guaranteed annual income, universal basic income, field experiments, health effects, hospitalization rates, accidents and injuries, mental health, physician visits, school completion, fertility, family breakdown, birth outcomes, poverty
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