University of Michigan
Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) was a two-year pilot that provided monthly payments of $528 to 100 Ann Arbor entrepreneurs and gig workers with low incomes, from January 2024 through December 2025. Another 100 people from the eligible applicant pool participated in a randomized controlled trial, without receiving the monthly payments.
Led by Principal Investigator Kristin Seefeldt with co-PIs William Lopez and Rebeccah Sokol, the study of GIG A2 assessed how people spent the monthly payments as well as how the cash affected their entrepreneurial activities and various dimensions of health and well-being.
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