Guaranteed Income Programs: Single Parents, Spending, and Debt

Sara M. Constantino; Ajay Chaudry; Jonathan Morduch

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Guaranteed Income Programs: Single Parents, Spending, and Debt

Sara M. Constantino, Ajay Chaudry, Jonathan Morduch

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2026, 12 (1) 220-246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.1.09

Sara M. Constantino

aAssistant professor of environmental social sciences at the Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

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Ajay Chaudry

bResearch scholar at the Institute of Human Development and Social Change and at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, United States

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Jonathan Morduch

cProfessor of public policy and economics at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, United States

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Guaranteed Income Programs: Single Parents, Spending, and Debt

Sara M. Constantino, Ajay Chaudry, Jonathan Morduch

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