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Jiaying Zhao
@jiayingzhao
Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Sustainability, Associate professor in Department of Psychology and IRES at University of British Columbia
Aug 29, 2023 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
I'm beyond proud that our paper "Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness" is published at @PNASNews today! This is the most ambitious project I've ever done, and it truly took a village for the last 7 years 🥳❤️🧵

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Homelessness is an extremely costly crisis: it shortens the human lifespan by ~10 years, and can cost the government up to $132,000 in Canada or $83,000 in the US per person per year
Jun 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
AI + BI = CI

AI can increase annual global GDP by 7% but displace 300 million full-time jobs, creating tremendous wealth for some but income loss for many more. This exacerbates income inequality.

In this Policy Options piece, we argue that basic income (BI) can be a solution… https://t.co/1WqJzjPHoJtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Myth 1: People will spend basic income checks on harmful things like alcohol and drugs.

A meta-analysis of 19 cash transfer studies shows that cash transfers actually reduced spending on temptation goods (e.g., alcohol, cigarettes):

Another recent study… https://t.co/Pyz5KJxVoBjournals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…
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