Turn – Planning - A basic income increases employment because it reduces income volatility, which allows people to plan for the future – the Stockton program proves.
Chambers et al, 2022 – prof of political science at Trinity College [Stefani, with Abby Nick and Maddie Granato, May 3 “The Benefits of Guaranteed Basic Income: Lessons from Advocates” https://www.trincoll.edu/cher/blog/abby-nick-cwealf/ Acc 3/23/23 TA]
Guaranteed income reduced income volatility or month-to-month income fluctuations that households face. Income volatility is the month-over-month variation in income. Less volatility in monthly income allowed families to stabilize and plan for the future. In the one-year findings of the SEED program, the treatment group showed 46.4% income volatility while the Comparison Group showed 67.5% (SEED Data Dashboard). Studies show that employment among participants increased over the course of the program. Participants cited that they were able to use the money for transportation and child care to make job advancement accessible. In February 2019, 28% of recipients had full-time employment. One year later, 40% of recipients were employed full-time. Therefore it can be concluded that unconditional cash enabled recipients to find full-time employment (SEED Key Findings)