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The Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment
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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.
Author: Evelyn L. Forget
Topic: Poverty issues
Publisher: Canadian Public Policy
Location: Canada
Format: Report
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: November 3, 2011