Does income affect health? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial of a guaranteed income

S Miller, E Rhodes, AW Bartik, DE Broockman… - 2024 - nber.org
This paper provides new evidence on the causal relationship between income and health by
studying a randomized experiment in which 1,000 low-income adults in the United States …

How effective is (more) money? Randomizing unconditional cash transfer amounts in the US

A Jaroszewicz, J Jachimowicz, O Hauser… - … Transfer Amounts in …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
We randomized 5,243 US individuals in poverty to receive a one-time unconditional cash
transfer (UCT) of $2,000 (two months' worth of total household income for the median …

Sliding into Safety Net Participation: A Unified Analysis across Multiple Programs

D Wu, J Zhang - 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Recipients of government transfers are economically disadvantaged, yet little is known
about how their circumstances evolve leading up to program receipt. Using twenty-five years …

Essays in Health Economics

J Huynh - 2024 - escholarship.org
This dissertation studies the effectiveness of public policies aimed at improving population
health and narrowing health disparities. It is divided into three chapters. Chapter one …