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Aug 25, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Jiaying Zhao |Yang Chen |Pan Zhang
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
issues.org | Tom Burroughs |Jiaying Zhao
A new study of whether providing people with a guaranteed cash income helps their long-term prospects suggests the answer is yes—with caveats, NPR reports. This promising but uncertain finding aligns with what Jiaying Zhao, Yuen Pau Woo, and Lorne Whitehead observe in Issues. They see providing a basic income as one of several approaches that can help people overcome economic hardship, but note that policymakers lack firm evidence for making choices.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
irpp.org | Jiaying Zhao
This chapter was published in Basic Income and a Just Society: Policy Choices for Canada‚Äôs Social Safety Net. The terms of reference of the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income stated that it was to ‚Äúlook at whether a basic income is an effective way to improve income security, reduce poverty and address the impact of technological change‚ÄĚ (British Columbia 2018, 1).
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Chris Hayes |Jiaying Zhao
You’d probably guess that a major factor contributing to homelessness is a lack of money. Yet, very few programs provide unconditional and lump sum cash to unhoused individuals as a solution. There are a number of barriers that have impeded the broad implementation of this type of assistance, which include the lack of policymaker support and public mistrust in homeless people’s ability to manage money.
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Sep 23, 2023 | 
cbc.ca | Jiaying Zhao
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
innerself.com | Jiaying Zhao |Isabel Wilkerson |Richard Rothstein |Heather McGhee
We gave $7,500 to people experiencing homelessness — here’s what happened next (Shutterstock)Homelessness is a deeply misunderstood and complex issue. When people hear the term, they tend to associate it with mental illness or problematic substance use. Individuals experiencing homelessness are heavily stigmatized, dehumanized and perceived to be less competent and trustworthy. But the reality is far more complicated than these perceptions.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
canadianinquirer.net | Jiaying Zhao
The recent explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the workforce. ChatGPT reached 100 million users in just two months after its launch. It and other generative AI applications have the potential to increase the efficiency of more than 50 per cent of all worker tasks in the U.S., with no loss in quality. A recent report estimates that AI's boost to labour productivity can increase annual global GDP by seven per cent over a 10-year period.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
policyoptions.irpp.org | Jiaying Zhao
The recent explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the workforce. ChatGPT reached 100 million users in just two months after its launch. It and other generative AI applications have the potential to increase the efficiency of more than 50 per cent of all worker tasks in the U.S., with no loss in quality. A recent report estimates that AI’s boost to labour productivity can increase annual global GDP by seven per cent over a 10-year period.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
policyoptions.irpp.org | Jiaying Zhao
Jiaying Zhao Dr. Jiaying Zhao is the Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability, and associate professor in the department of psychology and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
pnas.org | Anuj K. Shah |Jiaying Zhao |Sendhil Mullainathan |Eldar Shafir
Large-scale climate patterns offer preseasonal hints on the co-occurrence of heat wave and O3 pollution in ChinaEdited by Akkihebbal Ravishankara, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; received October 26, 2022; accepted May 6, 2023SignificanceExposure to co-occurrence of air pollution and heat extremes is likely to induce amplified damages to both human health and ecosystem.
