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Unemployment insurance reduced food insecurity for those individuals that lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $600 weekly supplement was associated with further declines in food insecurity.
In this piece in the New Yorker, author Linnea Feldman Emison shares background information about how the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration came to be, the research study evaluating its impacts, and initial findings from the study.
Banning the use of affirmative action in college admissions can harm the health of minority high school students.
In this ABCNews piece, Meghan Keneally highlights how those participating in the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, a guaranteed basic income pilot, use the funds.
In a study evaluating matched Individual Development Account (IDA) initiatives no significant, long-term effects in their mental or physical health, as compared to controls, potentially because the matching amount was relatively small. Further evaluation is needed.