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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OpenResearch released a public-use data set for the OpenResearch Unconditional income Study (ORUS) - a guaranteed income experiment that paid $1,000/month to 1,000 people for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month. Test your hypotheses here: data.openresearchlab.org

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A public-use version of the Open Research Unconditional income Study (ORUS) dataset is now posted! This RCT paid $1000/month to a treatment group for 3 years. Test your favorite hypotheses about the effects of guaranteed income! data.openresearchlab.org

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OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study Public-Use Data – OpenResearch

Public-use data and documentation from OpenResearch’s randomized study of unconditional cash transfers.

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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🚨 New NBER working paper: "The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children" This paper estimates the effects of receiving a $1,000/month guaranteed income for 3 years, compared to a control group receiving $50/month, on children and parents in the US. 1/

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

Abstract for NBER WP 34040, “The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children”

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J-PAL North America @j-palna.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

1/4 🗓️Save the date! On March 18, from 3:30-5pm ET we are hosting a webinar featuring 3 #RCTs that evaluated the impact of cash transfers on health. Read this 🧵 to learn more about the research and register for the event (www.povertyactionlab.org/event/unders...

Alt text: Featured Event: Understanding the Impacts of Cash Transfers on Health Outcomes | March 18, 2025 | 3:30-5:00pm ET | Live over Zoom. Left hand side: Photo of a woman holding a credit card and phone while smiling.

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What can you say, really? Just an endless series of disgraceful lows.

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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a $1000/month guaranteed income. 🚨 These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes. Read on for results! 1/

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Is there a more millennial Christmas album? Merry Christmas!

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Does Medicaid reduce involvement with the criminal justice system? In this new paper we find no effect of Medicaid on criminal charges and convictions using experimental variation in Medicaid coverage from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I’ve been looking forward to seeing these results! The evidence base on this topic is rapidly growing.

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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

3. Does getting a big cash transfer make ppl more supportive of... cash transfers? Liberal policy in general? Surprising answer: no! Political dispositions are hard to change! E.g., in interviews, some who received the transfer said they thought *others* would misuse it.

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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🚨 NEW PAPER: When low-income Americans get $1,000/month for 3 years, what happens to their political views & behavior? The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵

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Social Science Prediction Platform (SSPP) @socscipredict.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

⏳Closing Nov 30! Predict the effects of unconditional cash transfers in Chicago and Cook County. From a large large-scale pilot by Abdul-Razzak, Bartik, @smiller.bsky.social, Rhodes, and @evavivalt.bsky.social. ⏱️ 20 min 💰 Prizes available for accuracy! socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/bf...

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Unconditional cash transfers in Chicago and Cook County

The regular provision of unconditional cash transfers to individuals is a tactic to fight poverty that has attracted significant interest from researchers and policymakers. Despite this interest, many...

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

My first twitter post was from like 2009, several years before completing graduate school, which is crazy to me. I’ll try to post here occasionally. Once Too Online, always Too Online.

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

“Your office has the style of a hastily-packed suitcase” 😭

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Garden still giving but not for much longer

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Let me add that my co-author Chris is on the job market this year! If it are looking for a GREAT hire in public finance/health econ, you should check him out! www.chrishollrah.com

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

SSI provides cash payments to over a million families who have children w disabilities. Do these substantial payments—which make up ~half of total income for recipients—improve kids’ outcomes? We use a cutoff in SSI eligibility for infants based on birthweight to investigate.

Abstract of the long-term effects of income for at risk infants:evidence from SSI

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Telling the magic 8 ball my research ideas 😫

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Another great family photo (he insisted on wearing a chip clip in his hair)

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Not sure whether it would be worse for the economists to see all my trite normie mom posts or my normie friends to see my jokes about like the law of iterated expectations

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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Amazing choice this year!! His work is incredible

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