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The Impacts of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot: A Comparative Analysis of the Findings from the Hamilton Region

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  • McDowell Tom

    (Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada)

  • Ferdosi Mohammad

    (Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada)

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This article provides the findings of a quantitative and qualitative study of participants from the prematurely cancelled Ontario Basic Income Pilot in the Hamilton region. We compare our evidence with those of other large-scale experiments from the high-income countries between 1968 and 2019 to place OBIP’s findings in the context of evidence from randomized control experiments with similar policy conditions to Ontario’s. Our study identified a small decline in labour market participation, but improvements on a variety of quality-of-life measurements. We hypothesize that OBIPs comparatively positive results on general well-being can be attributed to its: i) generous benefit rates relative to social assistance rates; ii) 50 percent take back rate; and iii) unconditionality; iv) broad well-being/welfare design.

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  • McDowell Tom & Ferdosi Mohammad, 2021. "The Impacts of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot: A Comparative Analysis of the Findings from the Hamilton Region," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 209-256, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bistud:v:16:y:2021:i:2:p:209-256:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/bis-2020-0034
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