Us Uk 2022 year in review 2 min read Our computational policy analysis connected basic income to child poverty, the climate, and more.
Us Maryland Whom does Maryland tax? 4 min read Low-income families face the highest marginal tax rates.
Us The Inflation Reduction Act discourages electric vehicle buyers from working 5 min read The bill's tax credits create benefit cliffs of up to $7,500.
Us Events The UBI Center at the Basic Income Guarantee Conference 1 min read Join us in Portland, Oregon from June 23-24 and virtually on June 25.
Child allowance Us How a child allowance would lift moms out of poverty 1 min read A $200 per month child allowance would lift a million mothers out of poverty.
Us California What if California gave money to everyone, not only vehicle owners? 4 min read Benchmarking Governor Newsom's proposed per-vehicle payment against a per-person payment.
Us Uk 2021 year in review 5 min read We produced over 30 works examining universal basic income from all angles.
Op-ed Us Op-ed: Democrats should be courting Romney, not Manchin 1 min read On the issues of child poverty and climate change, Democrats have a closer ally across the aisle.
Us Would an expanded Child Tax Credit grow America's population? 10 min read And what would more babies mean for society?
Us Carbon pricing Carbon dividends as anti-poverty policy 6 min read A $100-per-ton carbon dividend would cut poverty by 10% and deep child poverty by 27%.
Us Ilhan Omar's Near-UBI Guaranteed Income Bill 3 min read The House representative's SUPPORT Act tax credit would reach 99.6% of Americans.
Us Child allowance Local Mapping the impact of a $100 monthly child allowance 2 min read The policy would cut child poverty by a fifth nationwide, but effects would vary geographically.
Us Introducing the Basic Income Builder 9 min read Our new tool lets you design and analyze budget-neutral universal basic income policies in real time.
Us Child allowance The beginning of a new Child Tax Credit 10 min read On paper, the monthly payment halves deep child poverty, but fulfilling its potential will take work.
Us Conferences Research we're presenting at the upcoming NABIG conference 1 min read We'll share six papers across two sessions on Friday and Saturday.
Us New york city Andrew yang How could Andrew Yang's Basic Income for New York City be designed? 9 min read The billion-dollar plan could reduce deep poverty by 60 percent.
Op-ed Us The American Rescue Plan was a step toward universal basic income 1 min read My latest op-ed argues that cash assistance was the key to the American Rescue Plan's success.
Us California California's basic income bill still needs work 13 min read AB65 would cut poverty by 83%, but add $282 billion to the state deficit.
Us Gender Poverty UBI as a means of reducing gendered poverty 5 min read Women are 17% more likely to be in poverty than men, but basic income would shrink the gap.
Us Race Wealth The effect of universal basic income on a novel measure of the racial wealth gap 13 min read Going beyond mean and median.
Us Child allowance Analysis of Senator Romney's Family Security Act 12 min read The budget-neutral child allowance would reduce poverty, inequality, and complexity.
Us Child allowance How much UBI spending should go to children? 9 min read At least some, but it depends on the measurement.
Us Race Poverty Basic income would shrink racial poverty disparities 6 min read $600 per month or more would end one measure of the Black-White poverty disparity.
Us Tax Basic income can make switching to a flat income tax progressive 10 min read Flat tax rates of 25 percent or more would reduce poverty and inequality.
Us Child allowance The effect of child allowances across US states 21 min read How different forms of cash grants to parents would affect poverty and inequality.
Us Child allowance Our new child allowance project 4 min read We're examining universal payments to parents across multiple angles.
Us Student debt Student debt cancellation is less progressive than universal payments 37 min read Dollar for dollar, universal payments do more for poverty and income inequality.
Us Veterans Poverty A $300-per-month UBI would cut Veteran poverty in half 6 min read Unconditional cash would fill in gaps of VA programs.
Us Indigenous americans How a tax-funded UBI can improve the lives of Indigenous Americans 7 min read Policies of at least $250 per month would close the Indigenous/non-Indigenous poverty gap.
Us Disability Poverty One in five Americans with disabilities is in poverty. Even small basic incomes would help. 5 min read $300 per month would cut the rate to one in ten.
Us Child allowance Poverty To minimize poverty, should UBI be provided for adults, children, or both? 6 min read UBI relieves poverty more when it includes children.
Us Elections Basic income plans from congressional candidates Mike Broihier and Suraj Patel 5 min read The two advocates of emergency UBI are running in Democratic primaries today.
Us Race Poverty Wealth How universal basic income would affect the black-white poverty and wealth gaps 2 min read The bigger the UBI, the smaller the racial disparities.
Us Covid Tracking US emergency cash transfer proposals 1 min read Legislators from both parties are calling for unconditional payments.
Us Covid Poverty How universal basic income can keep poverty from rising amid Covid-19 2 min read Universal designs are most cost-effective.
Us Andrew yang Vat Why some low-income people come out behind in Andrew Yang’s Freedom Dividend 4 min read They’re mostly non-citizens.
Us Andrew yang Vat A budget-neutral version of Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend 6 min read Cutting the payment by about half would avoid increasing the deficit, but the result remains progressive.
Us Andrew yang Vat Distributional analysis of Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend 7 min read The presidential candidate's basic income plan would cut poverty and inequality, but add to the deficit.
