Nishant Vats on the Impact of Income Guarantee on Farm Incomes in India
Ideas of India
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Is There a Suspension of Income Guarantee?
The study found no effect of universal basic income on labor productivity. The amount is so small that it's not something a household can live off right? Is the other way of thinking about it that they're not yet used to this? Both the program was introduced so recently and your study looks at the immediate short run effect but if this went on in the longer run that then you might find some effect on labor productivity, he says.
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