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no they did not.

• contrast 8y ago
  Yes they did, according to the article: “Mr Simanainen 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.” Note this means the headline is the opposite of the truth. And the quote is not to be found in the article. It’s how the author/editor chose to interpret a single individual’s statement, despite the overall finding being very different.
• fuckyah 8y ago
  wrong
• java-man 8y ago
  quote: Included in the random sampling were all individuals between ages 25 and 58 whom Kela paid labour market subsidy or basic unemployment allowance in November 2016 for some other reason than a temporary layoff. Random sampling means that all who satisfied the requirements for inclusion in the experiment had an equal probability of being selected into the study population. so the group who received the subsidy was already skewed by a previous selection process. I don't see any mention of a control group in the experiment web site: [0] https://www.kela.fi/web/en/basic-income-objectives-and-implementation https://www.kela.fi/web/en/basic-income-objectives-and-imple...