Universal basic income seems to improve employment and wellbeing

Universal basic income seems to improve employment and wellbeing

Finland’s universal basic income study has revealed that the programme doesn’t seem to disincentivise work Michael Brooks / Alamy The world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing, as well as modestly improving employment.

Finland ran a two-year universal basic income study in 2017 and 2018, during which the government gave 2000 unemployed people aged 25 to 58 monthly payments with no strings attached.

The payments of €560 per month were not means tested and were unconditional, meaning they were not reduced if an individual got a job or later had […]

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