Basic Income Experiment/ Program | Location | Study Design | Years | Sample #a | Sample Description | Survey Timeline | Income Data Collection | Other Data Sources |
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New Jersey Income Maintenance Experiment (NJ) | Trenton, Paterson, Passaic, Jersey City, New Jersey; Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA | Randomized Controlled Trial | 1968–1972 | 1357 households (725 intervention; 632 control [44]) | Adult males 18–58 and at least one other family member | Pre-enrollment Interview, Baseline Interview, Twelve Quarterly Interviews, a follow-up interview 3 months after the last payment was made. | Income Data Forms;Pay stubs;Social Security aggregate data Periodic Audit Forms | - Schools, hospitals, public organizations offering services to the poor, and other relevant institutions and organizations - Family composition reporting: monthly for experimental and every 4 months for controls |
Rural Income Maintenance Experiment (RIME) | Duplin County, Iowa; Calhoun and Pocahontas Counties, North Carolina, USA | Randomized Controlled Trial | 1970–1972 | 809 families (372 intervention; 437 control [44]) | Adults 18–58 including either two-parent or single parent households headed by females with at least one other family member; rural areas | Baseline Interview, 12 quarterly Interviews, follow-up interview 3 months after the last payment | Periodic Audit Forms | - Schools, hospitals, public organizations offering services to the poor, and other relevant institutions and organizations - Family composition reporting: monthly for experimental and every 4 months for controls |
Gary Income Maintenance Experiment (Gary) | Gary, Indiana, USA | Randomized Controlled Trial | 1971–1974 | 1799 families (1028 intervention; 771 control [44]) | Black adults 18–58 including single parent families especially headed by females and at least one other family member | Baseline interview and eight interviews about every 4 months | Monthly Income Report FormsPeriodic Audit Forms | - Family composition reporting: monthly for experimental and every 4 months for controls |
Seattle/Denver Income Maintenance Experiment (SIME/DIME) | Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado, USA | Randomized Controlled Trial | 1970–1976 | 4800 families (2747 intervention; 2053 control [44]) | Adults 18–58 with at least one other family member | Baseline interview and interviews about every 4 months | Monthly Income Report Forms Periodic Audit Forms | - Family composition reporting: monthly for experimental and every 4 months for controls |
Manitoba Guaranteed Annual Income Experiment (MINCOME) | Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSaturation Site: Rural community of Dauphin and a number of small rural communities. | Randomized Controlled Trial | 1974–1979 | > 1300 families (575 intervention; 612 control [44] | Adults 18–58 with at least one other family member; Institutionalized, retired, or disabled were excluded from Winnipeg. Elderly and disabled not excluded from Dauphin (saturation site). | Baseline interview and interviews 3 times per year | None listed | - The Manitoba Population Health Research Data Repository database - Use of aggregate data from the Department of Education |
Alaska Permanent Dividend Fund | Alaska, USA | Observational: Differences in Difference | 1977–2015 | 48,686, 169 | All residents of Alaska and all residents of control states that have been matched with Alaska on employment to population ratio and the population share working part-time | Monthly surveys, with some questions asked at fourth and eighth month of the survey (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series – Current Population Surveys (CPS) provided by the Minnesota Population Center) | None listed | - CPS Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups (MORG) provided by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) for number of hours worked |
Namibia Basic Income Grant Pilot Project | Otjivero-Omitara, Namibia | Observational: cohort | 2008–2010 | 398 individuals [40] | All individuals under 60 years | Baseline, 6-month, 11-month surveys | None listed | - Key informant interviews: e.g., local nurse, police chief, local leaders and shop keepers - Case studies including pictures |
Madhya Pradesh Unconditional Cash Transfer (MPUCT) | Rural Villages, Indore District; Rural Tribal Villages, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh, India | Modified Randomized Controlled Trial | 2011–2012 | 11,688 individuals; 2034 households (8 villages randomly assigned to intervention; 12 villages to control [45]) | Universal: all individuals within the villages | Baseline survey, interim evaluation survey, final evaluation survey, post-final evaluation Survey | None listed | - Case Studies including structured interviews - Community level surveys - Interviews with key respondents - Tracking of children’s weight for age - Tracking of children’s attendance and school performance |
Give Directly Unconditional Cash Transfer Program | Rural Rarieda Region, Kenya | Two-level cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial | 2011–2013 | 1440 households (503 intervention; 432 “pure” control in control villages; 505 “spillover” control in intervention villages [36]) | Individuals living in a house with a thatch roof | Baseline and endline surveys | None listed | - Saliva samples to measure cortisol levels - Height, weight, and upper-arm circumference of children under five years - Interviews with village dwellers |
Finland Basic Income Experiment | Mixed Rural and Urban Areas in Finland | Randomized Control Trial | 2017–2018 | 175,000 (for the registry data) and 1633 (for survey) | Individuals aged 25–58 receiving unemployment benefits from Kela (Finnish social insurance institution) | Baseline survey and one interim survey nearing the end of the intervention | None listed | - Administrative data on employment - Qualitative interviews (results not reported in the preliminary report) |