Resources

Presentations

Getting Cash into the Hands of Families: A Conversation About the Latest Research & Policy

• Executive Director Dr. Sarah Cowan in conversation with others researching the impact of cash aid
• Hosted by NYU's Institute of Human Development and Social Change
• Link to conversation here.

Synthetic Control Methods: An Introductory Tutorial

• Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Robert Pickett leads an introduction to synthetic control methods and provides guidance on best practices for their implementation. 
• No prior knowledge of synthetic control methods is required; familiarity with difference-in-difference methods is recommended. The tutorial includes:
  • A Zoom Recording
  • Presentation Slides
  • Data
  • Example R Code

Organizations and Relevant Writings

• Basic Income Lab (Stanford University)
• The Case of Basic Income (Universal Basic Income)
• Review of Give People Money (Financial Times, subscription required)
• What if the Government Gave Everyone a Paycheck? (New York Times, may require subscription)
• Guaranteed Income Demonstrations (Economic Security Project, PDF)
• Cash During Pregnancy: A promising approach for reducing inequities in San Francisco (Expecting Justice, PDF)
• Basic Income (Open Research Lab)
• Guaranteed Income (Jain Family Institute)

Cash Transfer Lab Reading Group

• Decolonizing Metholologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
  • Reading Questions Chapters 1-5 
  • Reading Questions Chapters 6-12
• Indigenous Statistics by Maggie Walter and Chris Andersen
  • Reading Questions Chapters 1-3
  • Reading Questions Chapters 4-6
• "Decolonization is not a metaphor" by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang
• "An Anticolonial Pollution Science" by Max Liboiron from Pollution is Colonialism
  • Reading Questions