From idea to experiment. Report on universal basic income experiment in Finland. Working papers 106, Kela. Availabe at: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167728

1. From idea to experiment.
Report on universal basic income experiment
in Finland
Working papers 106, 2016
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2. From idea to experiment
• The working paper summarises the preliminary report on the
universal basic income (BI) experiment planned in Finland.
• The purpose of the preliminary report was to propose and analyse models
and designs for the experiment.
• According to plans, the first phase of the experiment will be carried out in
2017–2018.
• Contents
• the concept and content of BI
• BI in other countries
• debates surrounding BI
• the popular support for BI in Finland
• evaluations on different BI models
• Implementing a seemingly very simple social policy device into
complex institutional settings is a very demanding task.
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3. Recommendations of the working group
• Partial basic income as a basis
• Different levels of partial basic income (e.g. 550-750 euros per month)
should be tested in the experiment.
• Both nationwide and regional sampling
• Target group: low-income earners aged between 25 and 63
• As can be seen in the bill on BI legislation (25th August 2016)
much of our recommendations could not be met.
• Read the working paper
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