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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557731503321

Autore

Kangas Olli

Titolo

Experimenting with unconditional basic income : lessons from the Finnish BI experiment, 2017-2018 / / edited by Olli Kangas [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Northampton : , : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-83910-485-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Disciplina

362.582

Soggetti

Social policy

Basic income - Finland

Finland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 the narratives of the planning process alongside its constraints, as well as a final evaluation of the



results.