From f63cf44f743a9b682af047ee6f4a99b0c2299401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Oehme Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:46:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] feat(data): Extract Standing2015 --- 02-data/processed/relevant/Standing2015.yml | 4 ++-- scoping_review.qmd | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/02-data/processed/relevant/Standing2015.yml b/02-data/processed/relevant/Standing2015.yml index 9e93676..6d40299 100644 --- a/02-data/processed/relevant/Standing2015.yml +++ b/02-data/processed/relevant/Standing2015.yml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ group: low-income households data: baseline & 3 follow-up surveys and censuses; structured interviews design: experimental -method: rural pilot project trial, 18/12 months of ubi provision with follow up surveys and interviews +method: rural RCT, randomization at village level; 18/12 months of ubi provision with follow up surveys and interviews sample: 1665 unit: household representativeness: subnational, rural @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ observation: direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg -notes: ubi paid in addition to any other state transfers +notes: ubi paid in addition to any other state transfers; included in sample for effects on work choice (forced to work for debtors, free to pursue own-work) annotation: | An experimental study on the effects of providing UBI for villages in India on absolute low-income household debts, utilizing a combination of qualitative and quantitative experimental research. It finds that the provision of UBI significantly reduced household debts, finding generally agreeing with assumptions in the literature, but goes beyond this by investigating the qualitative causes going beyond purely monetary value into what the authors call 'emancipatory value'. diff --git a/scoping_review.qmd b/scoping_review.qmd index 600fa8f..401a9ff 100644 --- a/scoping_review.qmd +++ b/scoping_review.qmd @@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ Since policies employed in the pursuit of increased equality can take a wide for the following synthesis will first categorize between the main thematic area and its associated interventions, which are then distinguished between for their primary outcome inequalities. +## Universal basic income + +An experimental study of providing UBI for villages in India by @Standing2015 looks at the effects on absolute low-income household debts, utilizing a combination of qualitative and quantitative experimental research. +It finds that the provision of UBI significantly reduced household debts, finding generally agreeing with assumptions in the literature, but goes beyond this by investigating the qualitative causes going beyond purely monetary value into what the authors call 'emancipatory value'. +They find UBI reduces dependency risk - primarily to lenders with high associated fees by allowing the repayment of existing debt, not having to work for the lender directly or by providing them parts of their wages, avoiding taking on new debts and, if new debts have to be taken on, allows choosing less exploitative forms of borrowing (such as from relatives or friends). +The last channel especially is a point of interest of the study: the intervention did not just reduce absolute debts through an individual possessing more money, it generally infused more money into the local contexts, reducing its scarcity and allowing others such as neighbors and friends to provide more collective risk spreading in the villages.. +The intervention also significantly increased possibility of saving in treatment households, allowing for an increased economic security and empowerment, which was also influenced by houshold head education, landholding, the household's caste and size. +The main channel this is accomplished through is a shift to institutionalized saving, with provides increased resilience against shock events. ## Minimum wage