Unintended consequences of universal basic income on living arrangements: evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Program

• Main Author: LIEW, Jia Wen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Universal Basic Income; Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend; Synthetic Control Method; Economics; Income Distribution
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/599; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1597/viewcontent/GPEC_AY2022_MPhil_Jia_Wen_Liew.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper investigates the impact of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (APFD), a form of universal basic income, on family structures. Using the Synthetic Control Method and data from the Annual Social and Economic supplement of the Current Population Survey, I assess how the introduction of the A...