A basic income test that is not cut even after finding a job starts in Finland for unemployed people

ByMichael Scott

Experimental operation of "basic income", which the government guarantees a certain income for the people, has started in Finland since January 2017. Finland's efforts to be the first in the euro area, gathering attention to the basic income worldwide, seems that there are still some uncertainties about the effectiveness of the results.

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This trial operation was started on January 1, 2017 and covers 2000 Finland citizens who are not in the positions of 25 to 58 years old. The period is 2 years, and 560 euros (approximately 69,000 yen) is to be paid every month, while all social welfare that we were able to receive is cut. As a feature of this experiment, the use of money to be paid is completely free, and provision is continued even if a job is found during the period.

Through this effort, the Finnish Government aims to reduce the so-called "government office work", to reduce the poor, and to improve the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate in Finland is 8.1%, but in existing welfare systems subsidies are supposed to be cut if there is even little income, so people will hinder the willingness to get a job It has been told that it is. Marjukka Turunen of Finland's welfare services agency KELA (Finnish Social Insurance Agency office) said, "Everyone receiving basic income will return money paid even if he / she takes a job for several days or weeks It is not necessary to take jobs and do self-employment is the most important thing, "explains the aim of the system.

Regarding basic income, interest is also globally, and Ellon Mask who leads companies such as Tesla and SpaceXPredicting the future where basic income will spreadOn the other hand,President Sam Altman of Y combinator "fails in America"There are expectations and skeptical views such as saying. In June 2016, there was also a referendum in Switzerland asking for the introduction of the basic income system of about 300,000 yen per month, but this time it has been rejected.

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The basis of the basic income promotion school is that the basic income is more efficient and fair than the existing welfare system and that when people's job is deprived by robotic automation in the future, It can be protected from the idea. A basic income promoter, Professor Robert Skidelsky of the University of Warwick, says that by linking with the improvement of social productivity basic incomes "give the benefits of automation to more people, not some people "The advantage is raised."

One of the skeptics shows a negative view as to whether the robotic automation can reach the level to realize basic income. Also, there are concerns that apply to existing welfare policies, such as whether people are motivated to work by being able to send a certain life even if they do not work, or "to give money to people unconditionally , It is better to apply vocational training with that money ".

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The introduction exam of basic income will be carried out in the Netherlands, Italy, Canada etc in 2017. It may be an important year in 2017 as to how the basic income that may be a global trend will be evaluated.