Money for nothing: #Mincome experiment could pay dividends 40 years on | Al Jazeera America
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In a 2011 study she reported an 8.5 percent drop in hospital visits, a decrease in emergency room visits from car accidents and fewer recorded instances of domestic abuse. There was also a reduction in the number of people who sought treatment for mental health issues. And a greater proportion of high school students continued to the 12th grade.
As with U.S. experiments during the same period, there was no evidence that it led people to withdraw from the labor market, according to her research. āItās surprising to find that it actually works, that people donāt quit their jobs,ā said Forget, a University of Manitoba professor. āThereās this fear that if we have too much freedom, we might misuse it.ā