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0 pointsdmix10y ago0 comments

Will this be possible to simulate if the participants know they are taking part in a study?

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JoshTriplett10y ago· 2 in thread

And in particular, if they know they cannot count on the basic income indefinitely? Studies on this in the past have hit that exact problem.

mediocrejoker10y ago

I think if a basic income is eventually introduced nationally it will be the result of a hard-fought political battle with many proponents and detractors, and there are plenty of cases of laws like that being reversed within a few years.

I don't know this would be too unrealistic for the study.

JoshTriplett10y ago

Studies typically have a set duration. If you offer people a basic income for the duration of the study, they'll need to plan differently than if they have some reasonable chance of having a basic income indefinitely.

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Balgair10y ago

That's always a hard thing to tease out of psychological studies. The tests have to be very clever to do so, and they'd have to be wide ranging. Essentially, yes, but it'll cost a lot of money.

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