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A Negative Income Tax Experiment

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Would payments to those who earned less than a certain amount reduce their incentive to work? Initial results of an unusual test indicate no such effect.

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  • David Kershaw, "undated". "A Negative Income Tax Experiment," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 75baa942aabd4275a8cc2e8b8, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    1. Errol Meidinger & Allan Schnaiberg, 1980. "Social Impact Assessment as Evaluation Research," Evaluation Review, , vol. 4(4), pages 507-535, August.
    2. Donald T. Campbell & Robert F. Boruch & Richard D. Schwartz & Joseph Steinberg, 1977. "Confidentiality-Preserving Modes of Access To Files and To Interfile Exchange for Useful Statistical Analysis," Evaluation Review, , vol. 1(2), pages 269-300, May.
    3. Walter Nicholson & Sonia R. Wright, 1977. "Participants' Understanding of the Treatment in Policy Experimentation," Evaluation Review, , vol. 1(2), pages 245-268, May.
    4. Saileshsingh Gunessee & Tom Lane, 2020. "Is Economics An Experimental Science? A Textbook Perspective," Discussion Papers 2020-16, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.

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    Negative Income Tax; National basic income; Graduated work incentive; Graduated tax;
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