Leah Hamilton
@HamiltonLeah
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Economic justice scholar, PI @policyfamily, Prof @appstate, Senior Fellow @jainfamilyinst, Affiliate Faculty @csdwustl, Opinions=my own
Boone, NC
Joined April 2012
📣 New paper! I'm delighted to share that our new paper looking at changes to human needs satisfaction within the HudsonUP UBI experiment is now out! With @HamiltonLeah
https://t.co/xXHrc5wrId
link.springer.com
Social Indicators Research - This article analyses qualitative data from the HudsonUP unconditional basic income (UBI) experiment to examine changes to participants’ human needs...
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NEW WORKING PAPER: The 'In Her Hands' initiative offers compelling evidence that guaranteed income is significant in "fostering financial security, advancing equity, and informing inclusive economic policy." From @HamiltonLeah @DrDesha @nzewde and more! https://t.co/ZPRIDXOjqd
equitablegrowth.org
In Her Hands is a guaranteed income initiative aimed at addressing persistent economic insecurity among women in neighborhoods with some of Georgia's highest poverty rates.
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We are so thrilled to announce our final report for Phase One of In Her Hands in partnership with @theGROfund @GiveDirectly and @csdwustl: https://t.co/xEOiJO1Lm4
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The Economic Report of the President, released today, cites a study by CSD’s Stephen Roll, Yung Chun, Laura Brugger & Faculty Assoc. Mat Despard. Written w L. Hamilton, E. Maag & M. Grinstein-Weiss, the study examined the Expanded #ChildTaxCredit. Read:
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On the Record podcast via @KLCCOregon Losing battle: The lost war on poverty and possible solutions Michael Dunne interviews @davidwrothwell @OregonState & @HamiltonLeah @appstate
klcc.org
A conversation with professor David W. Rothwell of Oregon State, and professor Leah Hamilton of Appalachian State about poverty and Universal Basic Income.
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💡 How do we ensure #BasicIncome experiments are conducted ethically? Our latest report with @UBIBath shares case studies and principles to promote fairness, transparency, and respect for all participants. #GuaranteedIncome #SocialPolicy #UBI
With the spread of #UBI pilots around the world, we desperately need guidelines for how to do this radical work well. This new report by @UBIBath and colleagues from the UBI movement is the first to propose ethical best practice for #basicincome piloting: https://t.co/VUKEnKE2my
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"Compared to current policy, the 2023 American Family Act could have reduced child poverty by 37.1% and kept an additional 3.6 million children out of poverty in 2023."
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Honored to share policy recs for @GCSocialWork with @GCSW_economic co-leads. 🔑: Income floor for all, end taxes on necessities, free tax filing, modernize wages, eliminate student debt, fund reparations. Full brief: https://t.co/25kgsAca4a
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Did you know that caregivers (mostly women) contribute more than 16 billion hours of unpaid domestic and care work to the global economy every year?
nadja.co
Cooking, cleaning, gathering food and water, and caring for children and the elderly are vital for families and societies. Yet this work, performed by women 75% of the time, has seldom been given the…
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Just published: my analysis of families' views on the child tax credit with @dylanjfbellisle @ljbrugger & @WashUSPI, as Congress edges closer to a deal on expanding it. Families described the #CTC as a lifeline and "peace of mind." Full text:
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Academic success is 2% intelligence, 98% typing two sentences without getting distracted
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PolicyFamily: RT @equitablegrowth: Congratulations to #EGgrantee(s) @HamiltonLeah (@PolicyFamily & @bchsappstate) and Stephen Roll (@WashUSPI), who will partner with two experiments in Georgia to examine how guaranteed income affects asset development and credit building: …
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PolicyFamily: Unlock the Future of Economic Equality: Explore the revolutionary idea of Basic Income through an eye-opening documentary and panel discussion with leading experts. Your chance to engage in a critical dialogue is here—and yes, there's free …
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My friends at @ITSAfoundation have an important question: What if we started #basicincome now, without waiting on politics and policy? If you are similarly curious, consider donating a few $ to the @comingler1 campaign:
indiegogo.com
Help build an app founded on the principles of Universal Basic Income.
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PolicyFamily: Our lab is honored to receive funding from @RWJF and @equitablegrowth for a project with @WashUSPI analyzing the role of #guaranteedincome in closing racial wealth and credit inequities.
We are very excited to welcome our new class of 2023 #EGgrantee(s)! 🎉🎊 Get to know them and learn more about their projects:
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PolicyFamily: We asked In Her Hands #guaranteedincome participants what they thought of a national basic income. @theGROfund @GiveDirectly #basicincome #UBI
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For everyone interested in #UBI & #BasicIncome, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of the UBI Piloters Network, a partnership between us @UniofBath, @UniFreiburg and @BasicIncomeOrg. Our first monthly newsletter from the world of UBI piloting went live this morning. Please RT.
Hot new collaboration between us at #BIEN and the #UBI Piloters Network, an org which unites researchers, policymakers, activists, and civil society actors interested or engaging in trialling #BasicIncome Watch this space https://t.co/dj5XwsvXcc
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Great article by @LalitaPanicker in @htTweets on our #WorkFREE #UBI pilot in Hyderabad, India based out of the @UniofBath. @NeilPHoward @nicklangridge @CDS_Bath @BasicIncomeOrg @Autonomy_UK @nikasoonshiong
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