Presentation
I am a researcher at Kela’s Research Unit. My research areas include social security benefits and how changes in them affect population incomes, incentives to work, and wellbeing.
Expertise
- social security and taxation
- register-based research
- microsimulation study
- field tests
Ongoing research projects
Previous research projects
- The Effectiveness of Social Assistance in Different and Changing Life Situations of Adolescents
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Gender Equality in Finland (thl.fi)
- EUROMOD Update Project for Finland
- Basic Income Experiment
Publications
- Hämäläinen, K., Simanainen, M., & Verho, J. (2025). Health effects of cash transfers: Evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.1054 (peer-reviewed)
- Simanainen, M. (2025). How Changes in Cash Transfers Can Affect Childbearing Among Low-Income Women: Evidence from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment. European Journal of Population, 41, 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-025-09735-9 (peer-reviewed)
- Hynynen, K., Hänninen, J. I., Keskinen, S., Korpela, T., Mikkola, H., Pappila, J., Pyy-Martikainen, M., Pösö, R., Rantanen, M., Rautesalo, T., Sarparanta, T., Sihvonen, E., Simanainen, M., Tanski, N., Teittinen, A., Tepponen, M., Valle, M., Wegelius, A., Ylönen, V. (2024). Sosiaaliturvan toimivuus nuorten erilaisissa ja muuttuvissa elämäntilanteissa. Valtioneuvoston kanslia. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-383-160-5
- Räsänen, T., Simanainen, M. (2024). EUROMOD Country Report Finland 2021-2024. European Commission.
- Simanainen, M. (2024). How an Increase in Income Affects the Use of Dental Care Services Among a Low-Income Population: Evidence from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 499. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10933-0 (peer-reviewed)
- Halmetoja, A., Saikkonen, P., Simanainen, M. (2022). Sosiaaliturva ja vastikkeellisuus: Tapaustutkimus Suomen perustulokokeilusta. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 87(5-6), 463-474. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022112466752 (peer-reviewed)
- Mesiäislehto, M., Elomäki, A., Närvi, J., Simanainen, M., Sutela, H., Räsänen, T. (2022): The gendered impacts of the Covid-19 crisis in Finland and the effectiveness of the policy responses: Findings of the project “The impact of the Covid-19 crisis in Finland”. Discussion paper. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 2/2022. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-800-2
- Kangas, O., Jauhiainen, S., Simanainen, M., Ylikanno, M. (eds.) (2021). Experimenting with Unconditional Basic Income: Lessons from the Finnish BI Experiment 2017-2018. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104855
- Pulkka, V.-V., Simanainen, M. (2021). Socio-Economic Performance of European Welfare States in Technology-Induced Employment Scenarios. Journal of Social Policy, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000295
- Simanainen, M., Kangas, O. (2020). Speaking to those who know it best: Does participation in an experiment explain citizens’ attitudes to basic income? Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 36, 3, 269-283. https://doi.org/10.1017/ics.2020.14 (peer-reviewed)
- Hämäläinen, K., Kanninen, O., Simanainen, M., Verho, J. (2020). Perustulokokeilun arvioinnin loppuraportti: Rekisterianalyysi työmarkkinavaikutuksista. VATT muistio, 59. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-274-259-9
- Hämäläinen, K., Kanninen, O., Simanainen, M., Verho, J. (2019). Employment effects for the first year of basic income experiment. In Kangas, O., Jauhiainen, S., Simanainen, M., Ylikännö, M. The Basic Income Experiment 2017–2018 in Finland. Preliminary results. Reports and Memorandums of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2019:9. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-00-4035-2
Publications and research projects
How Changes in Cash Transfers Can Affect Childbearing Among Low-Income Women: Evidence from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
The study analyses how a two-year guaranteed income program that provided a significant earnings supplement affected childbearing among previously unemployed women.
The Effectiveness of Social Security in the Diverse and Changing Life Situations of Adolescents
The aim was to form an overall picture of the effectiveness of social security among adolescents in terms of income.
- hennamari mikkola
- tuija korpela
- matti rantanen
- miska simanainen
- antti teittinen
- marjo pyy-martikainen
- ella sihvonen
- tuomas sarparanta
- reeta pösö
- vesa ylönen
- research publications
- benefits for students
- social security
- housing benefits
- unemployment protection
- young people
- persons with disabilities
- social assistance
- unemployment benefits
- economic security
Unemployment security amid change
The aim of the research project is to provide information on the use and function of unemployment security to support decision-making.
How an Increase in Income Affects the Use of Dental Care Services Among a Low-Income Population: Evidence From the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population.
EUROMOD Country Report Finland 2020–2023
EUROMOD is a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union (EU).
The Effectiveness of Social Security in Different and Changing Life Situations of Adolescents
The research project collects and compares the social security of young people through system descriptions, statistics and microsimulation modelling.
Study on Alternative Ways of Organising Social Security
The study assesses whether alternative ways of organising social security, such as basic income, social account and one basic security benefit in particular, are suitable for the Finnish social security system.
Social Security and Conditionality: A Case Study of the Finnish Basic Income Experiment
This article looks at how the overall conditionality of social security changed among basic income recipients during the Finnish basic income experiment.
The Gendered Impacts of the Covid-19 Crisis in Finland and the Effectiveness of the Policy Responses: Findings of the Project "The Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis in Finland"
This paper assesses the gendered impacts of the Covid-19 crisis and the gender-sensitiveness of the government’s policy response in Finland.
Experimenting With Unconditional Basic Income: Lessons From the Finnish BI Experiment 2017-2018
A comprehensive analysis of the nationwide randomised Finnish basic income experiment 2017 to 2018.
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