Probably.
A bigger issue is that such a short term test proves nothing. The people taking the “basic income” know that it is a short term experiment and will, many of them anyway, act accordingly and anticipate the end of the experiment.
This is a poorly thought out experiment in Social Science.
The idea is a guaranteed basic income FOR LIFE for all, to cover the anticipated “death of work” due to automation.
The real effects will be seen only when this is actually made permanent and applied to all people in a polity. The consequences may not be completely comprehended until after a couple of generations.
I tried this on a small scale in my family and not sure why it didn’t work out. I gave my wife an extra $3000 every month from my paycheck, and to be fair, she gave me an extra $3000 from hers...we did this for the whole year, and yet when we checked our bank account we were no better off than the year before??...obviously I am doing something wrong.
Suggestions?
Once they institute that policy for real, who will clean the sewers and do all the other nasty jobs required to keep civilized societies intact? With no work requirement it will be impossible unless you pay garbage handlers on the scale of doctors and lawyers! Another expensive unintended consequence.
It won’t take a couple of generations. It will take a couple of years at most.