The source adds the following information: "The Finnish basic income experiment was the first experiment in the world on this topic to be conducted on a national scale, statutorily and based on a randomized field trial. Participation in the experiment was not voluntary, which means it is possible to draw more reliable conclusions about the effects of the experiment than in other experiments based on voluntary participation. As part of this basic income experiment, 2,000 unemployed people received a monthly tax-exempt basic income of 560 euros, regardless of any other income they might have had or whether or not they actively sought work. The basic income recipients were selected by random sampling from those who, in November 2016, received unemployment benefits from Kela. The experiment started on January 1, 2017, and ended on December 31, 2018. The decision to conduct the experiment was made by the government of the then Prime Minister, Juha Sipilä. The objective was to study how it would be possible to reshape the Finnish social security system so that it better meets the challenges posed by changes in working life."
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Feeling of depression among basic income recipients in Finland 2018
This statistic shows the distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland between 2017 and 2018, according to their feelings of depression. The results show that more than **** of the people who received a basic income as part of this experiment reported not feeling depressed.
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Kela. (May 6, 2020). Distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, according to their feeling of depression [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/
Kela. "Distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, according to their feeling of depression." Chart. May 6, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 25, 2026. /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/
Kela. (2020). Distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, according to their feeling of depression. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 25, 2026. /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/
Kela. "Distribution of People Who Received a Universal Basic Income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, According to Their Feeling of Depression." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 6 May 2020, /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/
Kela, Distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, according to their feeling of depression ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/ (last visited July 25, 2026)
Distribution of people who received a universal basic income in Finland from 2017 to 2018, according to their feeling of depression [Graph], Kela, May 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1628875/test-universal-income-printing-depression-finland/
