Experimenting with unconditional basic income lessons from the Finnish BI experiment, 2017-2018

This discerning book provides a comprehensive analysis of the nationwide randomised Finnish basic income experiment 2017 to 2018, from planning and implementation through to the end results. It presents the background of the social policy system in which the experiment was implemented and details th...

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Autor Corporativo: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher (publisher)
Otros Autores: Kangas, Olli (Editor), Kangas, Olli, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • About the editors
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction to the journey of the Finnish basic income experiment
  • 2. The Finnish social security system: Background to the Finnish basic income experiment
  • 3. Making of the Finnish basic income experiment
  • 4. Constitutional preconditions for the Finnish basic income experiment
  • 5. Evaluation of the experiment
  • 6. Basic income and employment
  • 7. Subjective health, well-being and cognitive capabilities
  • 8. Financial well-being in basic income experiment
  • 9. The bureaucracy of claiming benefits
  • 10. Trust, capabilities, confidence and basic income
  • 11. What explains the popular support for basic income?
  • 12. Life on basic income - Interview accounts by basic income experiment participants on the effects of the experiment
  • 13. Media coverage of the Finnish basic income experiment
  • 14. The feasibility of universal basic income
  • Index.