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Except, 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
by arcticwombat 8y ago
Except, 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.
- cromulent 8y agoThere's a webcast here: http://videonet.fi/web/stm/2019028/eng/ http://videonet.fi/web/stm/2019028/eng/ They are very open that the trial was not perfect and should be bigger / longer / better structured. Obviously economic experiments cannot control all variables. Interesting that the majority of the UBI recipients switched back to standard unemployment.
- bhelkey 8y ago> Miska Simanainen, one of the Kela researchers behind the Finnish study, ... says that while some individuals found work, they were no more likely to do so than a control group of people who weren't given the money. There is a quote from a participant but the quote is much more convincing.