"Only two segments of Dauphin's labour force worked less as a result of Mincome—new mothers and teenagers. Mothers with newborns stopped working because they wanted to stay at home longer with their babies. And teenagers worked less because they weren't under as much pressure to support their families.
The end result was that they spent more time at school and more teenagers graduated. Those who continued to work were given more opportunities to choose what type of work they did."
Which isn't at all conclusive. One town, in one culture, does not mean very much in the long term. But it's enough for me to think that more experimentation is worthwhile.
Hence the normalization of "one income families" where mothers could stay home with babies and kids could focus on school. Now taxation has grown enough to create great pressure for both parents to work, with consequences leading to calls for "mincome" precisely so pressures to earn can be relieved - without realizing that relentless demands for government spending (ever demanding more revenue from taxpayers) will just exhaust that source as well and result in even more cries for financial assistance. Cut government spending, stop demanding ever more revenue from citizens.
"Only two segments of Dauphin's labour force worked less as a result of Mincome—new mothers and teenagers. Mothers with newborns stopped working because they wanted to stay at home longer with their babies. And teenagers worked less because they weren't under as much pressure to support their families.
The end result was that they spent more time at school and more teenagers graduated. Those who continued to work were given more opportunities to choose what type of work they did."
Which isn't at all conclusive. One town, in one culture, does not mean very much in the long term. But it's enough for me to think that more experimentation is worthwhile.