> It most certainly is enough to make a major lifestyle improvement when someone is living paycheck to paycheck
This is not what the recent universal basic income study showed.
This is not what the recent universal basic income study showed.
If you're talking about the OpenResearch study that Sam Altman is funding then yes it did [1]. Granted this study was a little bit more money but the results imply that any amount of extra money helps people living paycheck to paycheck in terms of financial flexibility and safety.
[1] https://www.openresearchlab.org/findings/nber-working-paper-...