The OpenResearch recipients saw their non-grant incomes rise 52% after three years of benefits. That seems impressive - but incomes in the control group rose by 70%.
That's in large part because they worked more: cash recipients with jobs worked 1.3 fewer hours per week than the members of the control group.
These results, suggest the researchers, might show that recipients of strings-free cash might have 'increased agency to be more selective in their employment' or might even have felt able to take 'a lower paying position they find more meaningful.'
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