An experiment with 'free money' in Finland made people happier but did not improve employment levels and would be 'unsustainable', a study has found. 2,000 unemployed people were given a €560 (£490) ...

At its launch last year, Finland’s universal basic income experiment was hailed as a progressive and bold move towards a system that many – including billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – think ...

Finnish finance minister: ‘Case closed’ for universal basic income Finland is the first country to complete a nation-wide experiment on universal basic income. With the first results in, Finnish ...

Heikki Hiilamo, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, comments on the preliminary results of Finland's basic income experiment: Effects on the labour market were minimal, and ...

A study by the VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Labour Institute for Economic Research (PT) shows that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor ...

The results of a social experiment in Finland which saw unemployed people paid a basic income by the government has bolstered calls for the scheme to be tested in the UK as a possible alternative to ...

A successful trial of universal basic income in Finland should encourage the UK and Scottish governments to introduce a similar system when the Covid-19 furlough scheme is wound down, it was claimed ...

Proposals for a national basic income are intended to simplify the social security system and encourage more unemployed people to take on temporary work Authorities in Finland are considering giving ...