Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
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#2Except, of course, that the actual report has not been completed yet.
The article has a single quote from a participant, and the rest is literally just opinion and thoughts.
There's nothing to get excited about yet.
It's going to be very interesting to read the report though, once it's published.
Re: Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
#3TL;DR: They got the same unemployment money (~555€) as before, but it was called Basic Income. But they did not have to partake the quarterly motivation shit from jobless office anymore. Which made them indeed happier. Success!
Re: Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
#4So, basically the article says that unemployed people who received a basic income stipend of $685/month weren't any more likely to get jobs within 2 years than a control group who didn't.
This doesn't seem very surprising to me – if anything, I would expect people on UBI to be less likely to get jobs, and this study seems like evidence against that.
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#5I think it's human nature to do a little as possible for the most reward. If someone is giving you money to literally do nothing, then you're likely going to do..nothing!
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#6Although I do not support the idea of UBI I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that it didn't work out.
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#7> The aim was to see if a guaranteed safety net would help people find jobs
I'm confused, was that ever the expected goal of basic income?
Re: Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
#8So, basically the article says that unemployed people who received a basic income stipend of $685/month weren't any more likely to get jobs within 2 years than a control group who didn't. This doesn't seem very surprising to me – if anything, I would expect people on UBI to be less likely to get jobs, and this study seems like evidence against that.
I'm confused - you expect people on UBI to be less likely to get jobs, the article is evidence against that, and you're not surprised?
Re: Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
#9I think it's human nature to do a little as possible for the most reward. If someone is giving you money to literally do nothing, then you're likely going to do..nothing!
That's provably false.
Re: Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said
#10So that if they are happier then that IS success. Job or no job is irrelevant.