Balakrishnan, Sidhya; Costa, Roberta; Haushofer, Johannes; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We investigate the impact of a permanent unconditional cash transfer called "Citizen's Basic Income" in the city of Maricá, Brazil. At the time of the study, the program made monthly household-level transfers of USD 180 PPP on average to about a fourth of the city's residents. The program is...