Extreme poverty and human rights on universal basic income 2017, para. 49
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Between 1974 and 1979, a negative income tax experiment ran in the Canadian city of Dauphin. Subsequent analysis of the data confirmed various positive effects, including a drop in hospitalization rates, especially for mental health and accident admissions, as well as an increase in year 12 school registrations.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights