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How 'free money' helped low-income workers stay employed
December 09, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 9 -- Cornell University posted the following news:

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How 'free money' helped low-income workers stay employed

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Classic economic theory assumes low-income people would stop working if governments gave them money as a strategy to reduce poverty.

New research co-authored by a Cornell expert in industrial relations challenges that assumption, finding that a modest tax benefit in Canada - similar t . . .

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