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What did we learn from the North American Income Maintenance Experiments? New data and evidence on two-parent families

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  • Riddell, Chris
  • Craig Riddell, W.

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We re-assess the consequences of a NIT for two-parent families in the Income Maintenance Experiments. The Gary and Seattle experiments fail balancing tests. We reject the contentious finding that the NIT increased marital separations in Seattle-Denver, which is driven solely by the contaminated Seattle experiment. Moreover, using newly collected data from archival records, we estimate substantial increases in happiness, marital satisfaction, household production, and social activities in Winnipeg. Finally, in New Jersey, Denver and Winnipeg we estimate far greater labor supply responses than previous estimates, with remarkable consistency in point estimates and statistical significance across experiments and countries.

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  • Riddell, Chris & Craig Riddell, W., 2026. "What did we learn from the North American Income Maintenance Experiments? New data and evidence on two-parent families," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 259(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:259:y:2026:i:c:s0047272726000940
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105658
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