Basic Income: changing policy, designing trials, evaluating impact

Impact: Health and welfare

Description of impact

Prof Matthew Johnson’s multidisciplinary team has presented a wide-ranging body of evidence on the health, social and economic impacts of Universal Basic Income (UBI). By direct engagement with policymakers, third sector organisations and community groups, the team has achieved impact in:

Transforming politicians’ policymaking behaviour: persuading policymakers of the health, social and economic benefits and to commit publicly to UBI

Transformative public policy: influencing design of the Welsh trial of Basic Income for Care Leavers, the single biggest change in Social Security Policy since 1945, reform to Scottish devolved disability welfare schemes and [ongoing] design of regional social policy in the North East and Greater Manchester Combined Authorities

Community-led micropilots: designing cash transfer micropilots in England, Malawi and India with community groups and third sector organizations

Methods of evaluating upstream interventions: implementing the first generic, adaptive protocol for evaluation of cash transfers capable of presenting evidence

Beneficiaries: Party policy makers, community organizations, NGOs and charities, medical professionals, school students, teachers, and the general public
Category of impactHealth and welfare

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