2011 TheTownwithNoPovertyTheHealthEf
- (Forget, 2011) ⇒ Evelyn L Forget. (2011). “The Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment.” In: Canadian Public Policy, 37(3).
Subject Headings: Guaranteed Income Program, MINCOME.
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- Guaranteed annual income; administrative data; negative income tax; health outcomes; basic income; MINCOME; field experiment
Abstract
This paper has two purposes. First, it documents the historical context of MINCOME, a Canadian guaranteed annual income field experiment (1974 to 1979). Second, it uses routinely collected health administration data and a quasi-experimental design to document an 8.5 percent reduction in the hospitalization rate for participants relative to controls, particularly for accidents and injuries and mental health. We also found that participant contacts with physicians declined, especially for mental health, and that more adolescents continued into grade 12. We found no increase in fertility, family dissolution rates, or improved birth outcomes. We conclude that a relatively modest GAI can improve population health, suggesting significant health system savings.
Introduction
The idea of a Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) is once again receiving attention from policy makers and decision makers at local, provincial, and national levels. In from the Margins, a report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs (December 2009), made several recommendations for addressing poverty with a GAI. The idea of a GAI for people with disabilities was picked up by a House of Commons committee studying poverty, and in Quebec a government task force went further, recommending a minimum guaranteed income starting at $12,000 for everyone in the province, a proposal that remains controversial.
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 2011 TheTownwithNoPovertyTheHealthEf | Evelyn L Forget | The Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment |