# Professor Robert Seamans concludes that current research is insufficient to support conclusions about how universal basic income might function on a larger scale

1 Faculty News March 5, 2020 ![TheCityLogo_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/TheCityLogo_190x145.jpg?itok=BQtKecFV)>

Excerpt from [The City](https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/yang-gang-boosts-candidates-pushing-universal-basic-income.html) -- "Economist [Robert Seamans](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-seamans), an associate professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University, believes research to date is insufficient to support conclusions about how universal basic income might function on a larger scale. For example, receiving a stipend for a limited time is very different than 'getting that money in perpetuity,' he said."

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