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

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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher (publisher)
Other Authors: Kangas, Olli (Editor), Kangas, Olli, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing 2021.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Basic income > Finland.
Finland.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654970506719
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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