Peer-Reviewed Articles
Philips, M., Lyons, A. J., Castro, A., & West, S. (2025). Renegotiating deservedness: A Big Qual analysis across eight guaranteed income experiments. International Journal of Social Welfare, 34(4), e70046.
Castro, A., Philips, M., Kim, I., West, S., & Kim, B.-K. E. (2025). Time scarcity, health behaviors, and unconditional cash in Los Angeles. American Journal of Public Health, 115(8), 1222–1225.
Doherty, M., Heintz, J., Leader, M., Wittenberg, D., Ben-Shalom, Y., Jacoby, J, Castro, A., & West, S. (2023). Guaranteed Income and Financial Treatment (G.I.F.T.): a 12-month, randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of monthly unconditional cash transfers to treatment as usual in reducing financial toxicity in people with cancer who have low incomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 14–2023.
West, S. & Castro, A. (2023). Impact of guaranteed income on health, finances, and agency: Findings from the Stockton randomized controlled trial. Journal of Urban Health, 100(2), 227–244.
West, S., Castro, A., & Duraiswami, P.M. (2023). Recurring cash transfers to enhance the mental wellbeing of Americans. Nature Mental Health, 1(3), 148–150.
Castro, A. & West, S. (2022). The case for basic income experiments. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 41(2), 639–644.
Castro Baker, A., West, S., Samra, S., & Cusack, M. (2020). Mitigating loss of health insurance and means tested benefits in an unconditional cash transfer experiment: Implementation lessons from Stockton's guaranteed income pilot. SSM - Population Health, 11, 100578.
West, S. & Hamilton, L. (2019). Universal basic income, poverty, and social justice: A moral and economic imperative for social workers. Social Work, 64(4), 321–328.
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White Papers
Tandon, N. (2026, March). Convergence should be non-negotiable. Significance, 23(2), 42-43.
Allen, C. D., Allison, K. K., Clark, E., West, S. (2025, December). United to House Los Angeles Interim Income Support Program: Evaluation Findings
Berger Gonzalez, S., Thompson, A. Castro, A., West, S., Cross, N. (2024, November). A policy framework for guaranteed income and the safety net [Policy Brief]
Castro, A. (2024). Context & architecture of unconditional cash [Policy Brief]
Berger Gonzalez, S., Thompson, A., Castro, A., West, S., Cross, N. (2024) Enhancing economic stability: The Role of guaranteed income in comprehensive support systems [Policy Brief]
West, S., Castro Baker, A., Samra, S., Coltrera, E. (2021) Preliminary analysis: SEED’s first year
West, S., Castro Baker, A., Balakrishnan, S., Rao, K., & Tan, G. Y. (2018). Pre-analysis plan: Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.