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
- 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
Share this article
