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This is a weird title. The article says that the people on basic income were equally likely to find a job as those who were not receiving it. I was expecting th
by bakhy 8y ago
This is a weird title. The article says that the people on basic income were equally likely to find a job as those who were not receiving it. I was expecting that basic income might make people less motivated to find jobs, and that would have been an issue. But this result seems like a positive outcome for UBI.
- dmix 8y agoIt went to 2000 people already getting unemployment benefits. > It was run by the Social Insurance Institution (Kela), a Finnish government agency, and involved 2,000 randomly-selected people on unemployment benefits. So I'm curious what affect that had vs the general population's approach to finding employment. Particularly young people who may have never had a job before.