1. Opening words
Outi Antila

2. A basic income experiment
was conducted in Finland in 2017–2018
to find ways to reshape the social security system.

4. Results of the basic income experiment:
small employment effects,
better perceived economic security and
mental wellbeing

5. The social security reform aims for
a clear and well-functioning system
• The social security reform aims to solve
current problems, for example by
• enabling the combining of work and social
security.
• supporting employment, entrepreneurship
and lifelong learning.
• The basic income experiment and the
social security reform have both common
aims and significant differences.
• The basic income was unconditional.
• Sustainable public finances are emphasised
more in the reform than in the small-scale
experiment.
• What can we learn from basic income
experiments?

6. Thank you and
have a great seminar!

7. Reforming social security –
What can we learn from basic income experiments?
10.00 Opening words Outi Antila, Kela
UBI and the ongoing parliamentary
work for reforming Finnish social
security system
Minna Ylikännö,
Ministry of
Economic Affairs
and Employment
Policy, “mirror” or metaphor:
the political economy of basic
income in advanced welfare states
Joe Chrisp,
University of
Bath
Growth regimes, statecraft and
incremental change: the ‘puzzling
success’ of UK pensions reform.
Nick Pearce,
University of
Bath
Q & A
12.00 Break
13.00 Simplification for Whom? Luiz Alonso de
Andrade,
University of Agder
Which guaranteed minimum
income regime works best for
participation and
implementation?
Ruud Muffels,
Tilburg University
Q & A
14.10 Benefit take-up in the Finnish
Basic Income Experiment
Miska Simanainen,
Kela
Life on basic income
– No strings attached?
Helena Blomberg,
University of Helsinki
Q & A
15.00 Conclusion Olli Kangas,
University of Turku