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> A disincentive to work by cancelling benefits is a feature of nearly every current system. It is extremely important that someone test a system without this i
by sampo 10y ago
> A disincentive to work by cancelling benefits is a feature of nearly every current system. It is extremely important that someone test a system without this in it to see how a people react.
One example we can look at are university students in Finland. They get 340€ per month student benefit plus €200 student rent support, a total of 540€ per month.
This student benefit is not decreased as long as a student earns less than 1000€ per month from other income. And yes, the students are quite eager to take part-time and short-term jobs.
- lastyearman 10y agoExcept you can just barely live on student benefit. Either you take debt or work, so I don't think the two can be compared. For me I was bumping on the limits while on receiving student benefit, so it made no sense for me to work any more hours than I did. Had I worked any more, the pay would have been effectively zero, which is crazy in my opinion.