Basic Information
Country
Finland
Region
Nationwide
Governing level
National
Funding
Budget (local currency)
€20.20 million
Budget (USD 2022)
$23.84 million
Budget currency
EUR
Funding type
Public
Funding description
Finnish government
Budget description
20m was allocated almost entirely for the basic income payments, with a very small proportion to some of the external evaluation team. 200k was allocated to the team involved in the design of the experiment. Ministry and KELA's considerable staff costs for those involved in the design, implementation, evaluation, promotion, administration and outreach was provided in-kind on top of the headline budget.
Timeline
Project start date
16/10/2015
Project start year
2015
Final project release date
26/01/2020
Length of project (days)
1356
Project length description
Project started when the research consortium led by KELA won the tender put out by the government, date gives the first team meeting. The final official report of the experiment providing the headline results on the main variable of interest - number of hours in work - marked the end of the project.
Experiment start date
01/01/2017
Experiment start year
2017
Experiment end date
31/12/2018
Experiment end year
2018
Number of start dates
1
Length of experiment (days)
730
Participants
Number of treatment groups
1
Sample size (intervention)
2000
Unit of analysis
Individuals
Control group?
Yes
Control group sample size
173222
Control group description
All other recipients of non-contributory assistance were assigned as the control group given the availability of administrative data. A stratified random sample of all other recipients was found for the end of experiment survey designed during the course of the experiment.
Target group description
Recipients of long-term/non-contributory (KELA) unemployment benefits
Gender target
No
Income target
Yes
Age target (outside working age)
No
Family target
No
Labour market status target
Yes
Disability target
No
Occupation target
No
Industry target
No
Design and Implementation
Saturation
Dispersed
Legal powers
BI exempt from taxes. The experimental team were unable to get permission to change taxes or claim back the savings from existing benefits
Evaluation
Internal and external
Conditionality
Only unconditional treatments
Taper rates
No tapers
Alternative interventions
None