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In partnership with a local community college in in Omaha, Nebraska, the Center for Guaranteed Income Research (CGIR) at the University of Pennsylvania will conduct a randomized controlled trial to determine the impacts of a negative income tax for MCC students, with particular attention to educational and career advancement outcomes. The sample will include students in a degree-seeking program, as well as those in non-degree programs, such as those working towards professional certificates.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Associate's Degree Seekers with NIT | Experimental | Students currently enrolled in an Associate's Degree program at the community college will receive a negative income tax for a duration of two years followed by a linear titration of payments for one year |
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| Credential Seekers with NIT | Experimental | Students currently enrolled in a credential program at the community college will receive a negative income tax for a duration of one year followed by a linear titration of payments for six months |
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| Control | Active Comparator | These students will not receive the negative income tax |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Negative Income Tax | Other | Negative income tax calculated by the supplemental poverty measures less the household's prior tax year adjusted gross income, then divided by 12 to arrive at a monthly cash transfer |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Educational Program Completion | Completion of academic program, whether Associate's Degree or credential | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Workforce participation | Employment in industry associated with earned degree or credential | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Housing status | Housing status (e.g., renter, homeowner, rent-to-own, etc.) reported in the prior month. | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Food security (Household Food Insecurity Access Scale) |
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18 years of age or older, and
Currently in 2nd semester of MCC Associate's program OR completed at least one Level-1 credential OR within one month of completing a Level 2 credential, and
Filed for EITC prior tax year OR are the legal guardian of a child under age 5, and
Have a total adjusted gross income (AGI) $6,000 below the SPM for the reported family size, and
Compliant with community college's enrollment, participation, and documentation requirements
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Stacia West, PhD | Contact | 215-898-5512 | swest11@utk.edu |
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| Control | Other | No negative income tax payment |
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9 items to assess past four week food insecurity: 1) worry about not having enough food, 2) inability to eat preferred foods, 3) eating a limited variety of foods, 4) having to eat foods that they did not want to eat, 5) eating a smaller meal than needed, 6) eating fewer meals in a day, 7) having no food to eat, 8) going to sleep at night hungry, and 9) going a whole day and night without eating. Items scored as "yes" (1) or "no" (0).
| Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Financial wellbeing (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Financial Wellbeing Scale) | Each item is scored 0 to 4 and summed to a total. The sum total is then converted to a total response value on the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale score from 0-100, where higher scores indicate a greater sense of financial well-being. | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Psychological distress (Kessler 6) | Each item is scored from zero "none of the time" to four "all of the time." Scores of the 6 items are then summed, yielding a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 24. Low scores indicate low levels of psychological distress and high scores indicate high levels of psychological distress. | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| General health | Self-reported general health as measured by one question from the SF-36: "In general, would you say your health is:", with a 5-point scale from Poor to Excellent. | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |
| Health Behavior Inventory-20 | Assessment of health promotion and risk behaviors, Likert scaled inventory with 5 subscales | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 42 months |