Johannes Haushofer
Johannes Haushofer has conducted several successful randomized control trials with similarly large numbers of participants, including several on the GiveDirectly unconditional cash transfer program in Kenya (e.g. Haushofer and Shapiro 2016); another which compared cash transfers to the provision of health insurance and control (Haushofer et al. 2016); one which compares the individual and joint provision of psychotherapy and cash transfers with control (with Riis-Vestergaard and Shapiro, ongoing), and several others. He has also worked with administrative health data in Sierra Leone. Haushofer’s work has been featured in The Development Impact Blog, Foreign Affairs, and The Stanford Social Innovation Review and he has given a TEDMED Talk.
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Income and WealthHousehold Responses to Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Compton, California
This study examines the effects of a two-year unconditional cash transfer program, the Compton Pledge, on low-income households in Compton, California. Between 2021 and 2023, 695 households received cash transfers averaging $500 per month, while 1,402 households formed a control group.
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Income and WealthEconomic Pathways to Better Health: Evidence from a Guaranteed Income Experiment in Compton
This research will provide valuable evidence of the effects of a guaranteed income on families with low incomes and allow other jurisdictions who may be considering similar policies to use the program in Compton, CA as a model.
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