Is There Evidence of People Working Less?

Beus: I've got this list of observed or potential, or theoretical, downsides of giving people money. Do we have any evidence that receiving these cash gifts makes people less likely to work? There's a great paper called dbunking myth of the lazy welfare recipient. And they look across papers at exactly this question and find that there is not evidence of people stopping to work. In some cases, thereis evidence of people working more. Beus: Even if you were doing universal basic income in a county or district of kenya, at these levels, you would be ok. But it's something you want to keep an eye on.