Basic income – healthy outcome? Effects on health of an Indian basic income pilot project: a cluster randomised trial

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-126

  Beck, Simon ^a   Pulkki Brännström, Anni Maria ^a   San Sebastián, Miguel ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

basic income; cash transfer; cluster randomised trial; propensity score; social protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921894251     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2014.974200     Document Type: Article

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