Institution profile
Princeton University
Princeton economists and political scientists have contributed trials on cash transfers, social-policy design, and political participation.
2
Experiments
2011–2016
Year span
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Positive findings
0
Null findings
Top policy areas
- Basic Income · 1
- Cash Transfers · 1
Experiments from Princeton University
- Positive
GiveDirectly — Large-Scale Basic Income in Rural Kenya
GiveDirectly / Princeton / MIT / UC Berkeley · Siaya County, Kenya · 2016 · Basic Income
Effect: Consumption: +30% vs. baseline; assets: +40% in asset values; food security: significantly improved; psychological wellbeing: large positive effects on stress and happiness; hours worked: no reduction; local economic spillovers: significant — control villages within treated areas also showed consumption increases (~$2.50 for every $1 transferred, via multiplier effects)
- Positive
GiveDirectly Unconditional Cash Transfers
GiveDirectly / MIT / Princeton · Western Kenya · 2011 · Cash Transfers
Effect: Assets: +58%; earnings: +38%; food security: +20%; psychological well-being significantly improved; no evidence of alcohol or tobacco spending increase; effects sustained 3 years later