Pilot project: Unconditional basic income in Germany

ALAIN JOCARD

“The 122 participants will be paid 1200 euros a month over a three-year study period,” the initiative announced on Tuesday in Berlin. The payments are financed from donations, the project is scientifically evaluated as part of a long-term study. Over 2 million applications

More than two million people applied to participate. “In the next three years we want to empirically research whether and how the unconditional, regular payment of a sum of money that covers more than the subsistence level actually works for people,” explained Jürgen Schupp from DIW Berlin, who is scientifically responsible for the project. What […]

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