Basic Income Experiment in Finland

Published 1.1.2016

Abstract

Juha Sipilä’s government announced an experiment on basic income in Finland. The motivation behind the experiment is manifold: to combat work disincentives, make work pay, streamline the benefit system, diminish bureaucracy, and tailor social policy better to adapt to changes in the labour market. The budget for the experiment is €20 Mill for 2017 to 2018.

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Authors

Olli Kangas, Laura Kalliomaa-Puha

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Peer-Reviewed: no.
Open Access: yes.
Cite as: Kangas, O., & Kalliomaa-Puha, L. (2016). Basic Income Experiment in Finland. European Social Policy Network for the European Commission. https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=15135&langId=en

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