Verho, Jouko
Removing welfare traps employment responses in the Finnish basic income experiment / by Jouko Verho, Kari Hämäläinen and Ohto Kanninen .-- , 2022
Resumen.
Bibliografía.
This paper provides evidence that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at best. We examine an experiment in Finland in which 2,000 benefit recipients were randomized to receive a monthly basic income. The experiment lowered participation tax rates by 23 percentage points for full-time employment. Despite the considerable increase in work incentives, days in employment remained statistically unchanged in the first year of the experiment. Moreover, even though all job search requirements were waived, participation in reemployment services remained high.
IMPUESTOS
RENTA BÁSICA
EMPLEO
FINLANDIA
Hämäläinen, Kari
Kanninen, Ohto
American Economic Journal : Economic Policy 1945-7731v. 14, n. 1, February 2022, p. 501-522
Removing welfare traps employment responses in the Finnish basic income experiment / by Jouko Verho, Kari Hämäläinen and Ohto Kanninen .-- , 2022
Resumen.
Bibliografía.
This paper provides evidence that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at best. We examine an experiment in Finland in which 2,000 benefit recipients were randomized to receive a monthly basic income. The experiment lowered participation tax rates by 23 percentage points for full-time employment. Despite the considerable increase in work incentives, days in employment remained statistically unchanged in the first year of the experiment. Moreover, even though all job search requirements were waived, participation in reemployment services remained high.
IMPUESTOS
RENTA BÁSICA
EMPLEO
FINLANDIA
Hämäläinen, Kari
Kanninen, Ohto
American Economic Journal : Economic Policy 1945-7731v. 14, n. 1, February 2022, p. 501-522