Finland Basic Income Experiment (2017–2018)

1. Sipilä government begins basic income planning

   May 29, 2015Labels: Juha Sipil, Finnish government

   • EU ESPN

2. EU flash report summarizes experiment design goals

   Feb 1, 2016Labels: European Commission, EU policy

   • EU ESPN

3. Draft law opened for public consultation

   Aug 25, 2016Labels: Ministry of, draft law

   • BIEN
   • Metis

4. Parliament authorizes the two-year experiment

   Dec 14, 2016Labels: Finnish Parliament, Kela

   • BIEN
   • DW

5. Basic income payments begin for 2,000 unemployed

   Jan 1, 2017Labels: Experiment participants, Kela

   • Kela InfoTray
   • OECD 2020

6. Kela explains why results won’t be published midstream

   May 1, 2017Labels: Kela, register data

   • Kela Blog

7. Activation requirement added to unemployment benefits

   Jan 1, 2018Labels: Activation model, unemployment benefits

   • OECD 2018
   • Yle

8. Government declines to extend the experiment

   Apr 24, 2018Labels: Finnish government

   • Wired
   • TIME

9. Experiment ends after two full years

   Dec 31, 2018Labels: Experiment conclusion, Kela

   • UBI Data
   • Kela InfoTray

10. Ministry report publishes preliminary first-year findings

    Feb 1, 2019Labels: Ministry report, research team

    • Conversable Econ

11. Activation model repealed, underscoring policy shift

    Dec 11, 2019Labels: Activation model, Finnish Parliament

    • KOKO
    • Yle

12. Final results released and discussed publicly

    May 6, 2020Labels: Final results, research synthesis

    • Kela InfoTray
    • OECD 2020

13. OECD assesses findings and key limitations

    Jun 1, 2020Labels: OECD

    • OECD 2020

14. Kela frames the experiment’s lasting takeaway

    Mar 6, 2023Labels: Kela, synthesis

    • Kela InfoTray