Fra:
Maija Valpuri Karjalainen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sendt:
6. maj 2020 16:37
Til:
Linda Kubasiak Johansen <[email protected]>; Magnus Jarl Brunés <[email protected]>
Emne:
Flash Helsinki: Results of the basic income experiment presented
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Not much effect on employment
but mental wellbeing improved
Flash Helsinki: Results of the basic income experiment presented
–
Not much effect
on employment but mental wellbeing improved
Finland carried out a two-year basic income experiment in 2017-2018. In the experiment,
2,000 unemployed persons were paid a monthly basic income of 560 euros regardless of any
other income they may have had or whether they were actively looking for work.
The results of the experiment show that
employment effects were small.
The employment
rate for basic income recipients improved slightly more during the experiment than for the
control group. During the first year of the experiment, the basic income did not have any
employment effects. During the second year, the effects were more positive and the number of
days of employment increased by 6 days.
Those who received a basic income
perceived their economic and mental wellbeing more
positively
than respondents in the control group. They were more satisfied with their lives
and had less mental strain, depression, sadness and loneliness. They also had a more positive
perception of their income and economic wellbeing than the control group.
The basic income seems to have had slightly different effects on different groups: those that
were already closer to the labour market had bigger increase in their employment rates. This
indicated that for some persons who receive unemployment benefits the problems related to
finding employment are not related to bureaucracy or to financial incentives.
More information:
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