Kela: berichten in internationale media onjuist, het basisinkomensonderzoek in Finland stopt niet en loopt tot eind 2018
HELSINKI—(BUSINESS WIRE)- Vele internationale media-outlets hebben verhalen gepubliceerd over het feit dat Finland zijn basisinkomensexperiment gaat onderbreken. Deze informatie is onjuist. “Het experiment verloopt volgens plan en loopt door tot eind 2018”, zegt professor Olli Kangas, de leider van het onderzoeksteam bij Kela (Social Insurance Institution of Finland).
Er zijn momenteel geen plannen om het experiment na 2018 voort te zetten of uit te breiden. De effecten zullen worden bestudeerd nadat het experiment is beëindigd. De werkgelegenheidseffecten voor het hele experiment zullen eind 2019 of begin 2020 beschikbaar zijn.
Het basisinkomensexperiment ging van start in januari 2017. Tijdens het experiment ontvangen de 2.000 deelnemers een maandelijkse basisinkomensuitkering van 560 euro, die onafhankelijk is van eventuele andere inkomsten en niet afhankelijk is van het actief zoeken naar werk.
Kela: Contrary to Reports, the Basic Income Experiment in Finland Will Continue until the End of 2018
HELSINKI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Many international media-outlets have published stories alleging that Finland is going to discontinue its basic income experiment. This information is incorrect.
“The experiment is proceeding according to plan and will continue until the end of 2018”, says Professor Olli Kangas, the leader of the research team at Kela (Social Insurance Institution of Finland).
There are currently no plans to continue or expand the experiment after 2018.
The effects will be studied after the experiment has ended
The employment effects across the whole experiment will be available by the end of 2019 or at the beginning of 2020.
“The effects of the experiment will not be published while the experiment is in progress, because a public discussion of the results could influence the behaviour of the test and control groups. That would lead to skewed results”, Kangas says.
The basic income experiment was launched in January 2017. During the experiment, the 2,000 participants are receiving a EUR 560 monthly basic income payment, which is independent of any other income they may have and not conditional on undertaking an active search for employment.
The purpose of the experiment is to study the effect of increasing cash incentives for work and simplifying the social security system on the employment rate of the study participants. The study will also look at the well-being of the participants and their experiences when communicating and conducting business with the authorities.
Basic Income Experiment 2017–2018
Experimental study on a universal basic income
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