Basic Information
Funding
Timeline
Participants
Design and Implementation

Basic Information

Country

United States

Region

California

Governing level

Municipal

Funding

Budget currency

USD

Funding type

Public

Additional funding source

Private

Funding description

City’s general fund with investments from local council district leaders. Administrative costs were supported by the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income

Timeline

Project start date

01/04/2021

Project start year

2021

Final project release date

01/07/2024

Length of project (days)

1187

Experiment start date

01/01/2022

Experiment start year

2022

Experiment end date

25/03/2023

Experiment end year

2023

Number of start dates

1

Length of experiment (days)

448

Participants

Number of treatment groups

1

Sample size (intervention)

3202

Unit of analysis

Individuals

Control group?

Yes

Control group sample size

4992

Target group description

Reside in the boundaries of City of Los Angeles, be 18 years of age or older, have at least one dependent child (younger than 18 or a student younger than 24) or be pregnant at the time of application, have annual income below the Federal Poverty Level for family size and experienced economic or health hardship related to COVID-19.

Gender target

Yes

Income target

Yes

Age target (outside working age)

No

Family target

Yes

Labour market status target

No

Disability target

No

Occupation target

No

Industry target

N

Design and Implementation

Saturation

Dispersed

Evaluation

External

Conditionality

Only unconditional treatments

Taper rates

No tapers

Alternative interventions

None