Findings: Unconditional Cash Study

Key Findings: Parenting and Child Outcomes

Examining the relationship between parental income, parenting, and child outcomes using quantitative data and qualitative insights into family life.

Key Findings: The Impact of the Cash on Attitudes Towards Work

Receiving an unconditional cash transfer leads to increased belief in the intrinsic value of work

Key Findings: Political and Social Attitudes and Behaviors

The causal effects of income on political attitudes and behavior

Key Findings: Savings

Cash provides people more financial freedom to respond to changes in their needs and circumstances.

Key Findings: Financial Health

Unconditional cash led to improvements in recipients’ self-reported financial health and an increased ability to weather financial shocks.

Key Findings: Employment

Recipients had increased agency to make employment decisions that worked best for them and their families.

Key Findings: Health

Cash is one piece of the puzzle in confronting deep-seated health disparities.

Key Findings: Entrepreneurship

Cash increases possibilities for people to explore entrepreneurship.

Key Findings: Agency

The amount of agency a person has is in part determined by the resources available to them and barriers in their path.

Key Findings: Moving

Recipients were more likely to move housing units, move neighborhoods, and pay for housing.

Key Findings: Spending

Cash is flexible and allows people to spend on their unique needs.