A Guaranteed Annual Income
Evidence from a Social Experiment
Published on 17. September 2013
356 pages
978-1-4832-6590-2 (ISBN)
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A Guaranteed Annual Income: Evidence from a Social Experiment brings together the first accounting of evidence on the impact of the Seattle/Denver Income-Maintenance Experiments (SIME/DIME) on participating individuals and families. It is based on a selection of papers delivered to policymakers, program administrators, and researchers at a conference held at Orcas Island, Washington, in May 1978. The conference, sponsored by HEW and the State of Washington, represented the first effort to disseminate to a wide audience the findings emerging from early analyses. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents a general introduction to the experimental design, results, and data. Part II presents the experimental effects on work behavior for various family members, including results on job satisfaction, the demand for childcare on the part of single mothers, and the incorporation of the labor supply results into a simulation of national welfare reform alternatives. Part III discusses the experimental effects on family behavior, including marital stability, psychological effects, and effects on the demand for children (fertility). Part IV contains five studies of how the benefits were used by the families, including effects on migration, education and training, demand for assets, and the use of subsidized housing programs.
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ContributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I Introduction Chapter 1 Design of the Seattle/Denver Income-Maintenance Experiments and an Overview of the Results Social Experimentation Design and Objectives of the Seattle/Denver Income-Maintenance Experiments Sample Design and Assignment to Treatment Research Using Experimental Data Overview of the Remainder of the Volume References Chapter 2 Data Validation Introduction Difficulties in Validating Income Data Comparison of SIME/DIME Experimental Data with Public Agency Records Large Sample Wage Income Reporting Conclusions ReferencesPart II Experimental Effects on Labor Supply Chapter 3 Labor Supply Response of Family Heads and Implications for a National Program Introduction A Model of the Labor Supply Response to SIME/DIME Implications of the Estimated NIT Effects for a National Program Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 4 Labor Supply Response of Youth Introduction The Effects of the NIT Treatments on the Labor Supply of Youth The Effects of the Manpower Treatments Summary and Conclusions References Chapter 5 Labor Supply Response of Family Heads over Time The Sample and the Data Estimated Experimental Effects Restrictions on the Time Pattern of Response Race, Site, and Experimental Duration Differences in Response Summary References Chapter 6 Using Labor Supply Results to Simulate Welfare Reform Alternatives Structure of the Model Simulation of the Carter Administration's Welfare Reform Program Limits of and Improvements in the Simulation Estimates Conclusions References Chapter 7 Job Satisfaction Introduction A Model of the Effects of Negative Income Tax on Job Satisfaction Further Analysis Summary References Appendix A. Predicted Job Satisfaction (Control Sample) Appendix B. Coefficient Estimates of Nonexperimental and Manpower Treatment Variables in the Job Satisfaction Impact Equation Appendix C. Coefficient Estimates of Nonexperimental and Manpower Treatment Variables in the Job Mobility Impact Equations Chapter 8 Labor Supply and Childcare Arrangements of Single Mothers Introduction Childcare Available in Denver and Seattle The Sample Estimation Technique Empirical Results Conclusion Appendix.
