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They ended the experimentation with basic income. amazing Results and Critics
Sebastian Luc-Lepianka
April 18, 2025, 17:02
Three years,
100 German residents and
monthly EUR 1200 guaranteed payment for nothing.
This was an experimentation with unconditional basic income, the results of which were published in Berlin. It has been examined how this solution affects people.
The survey was conducted by the Association "Mein Grundeinkommen" ("My Basic Income") and the Berlin Institute for economical investigation DIW.
There were more than 2 million willing, and 122 people were yet elected, who received EUR 1,200 per period for nothing for 3 years under the guidance of scientists.
Only duty: a half-hour survey erstwhile all six months.
The payout was not dependent on anything, and the effects 9 months after the end of the experimentation were published at a press conference in Berlin.
122 people aged 21 to 40 were examined, surviving in single-person households. They earned net between 1,100 and 2,600 euros per month. On purpose, a group without household obligations was chosen, which could actively take decisions on its professional situation. No 1 influenced their choices.
Have they gone completely to guaranteed benefits by abandoning their work to date? It turned out to be the opposite. The basic income they received helped them stay on the market. The participants of the experimentation could focus on continuing discipline and development. They showed increased satisfaction with their working life. Statistically, expenditure on unconditional basic income went to 37 percent on savings, 8 percent on household or charity, and 20 percent on spending on time.
One associate in the experimentation even utilized funds to establish a swimming school and has already employed 20 people for 3 years.
– The participants remained active in the labour marketplace and utilized payments in a way that indicated work and commitment," said Prof. Juergen Schupp of the Institute for economical investigation in Berlin.
In order to have a comparison, 1,600 people were besides selected.
Its members did not receive primary income, only a tiny remuneration for just filling out surveys. The difference in the percent of unemployed between the 2 investigation groups was statistical zero.
A insignificant surprise is that the unconditional basic income positively affected the intellectual wellness of the subjects, giving them a sense of safety and freedom, and greater opportunities to share in social life. intellectual effects are expected to last up to six months after the experiment. This was confirmed by cortisol levels, stress hormone.
What are the costs of unconditional base income?
The "Mein Grundeinkommen" association wants to show that basic income has large possible in Germany. Its backing is to be possible by "moderate taxation mix". The thought of the association includes an increase in income tax, a financial transaction taxation and the elimination of social benefits and associated costs.
How did they react? Critics of the solution indicate that the experimentation included besides tiny and besides unrepresentative a group to be able to calculate conclusions for the full German economy. Dominik H. Enste of the Institute of German Economy in Cologne compared the investigation group to... lottery winners.
Politically besides unchanged: German Greens and Left behind, the remainder against, headed by right-wing AfD.
The "Mein Grundeinkommen" Association announces that with or without the support of politicians, it will proceed to survey the thought of unconditional basic income. They are convinced that this would solve many problems of modern life.
Other studies on unconditional base income
It is not known how its introduction would affect prices and how much it would actually cost to introduce it. Looking at our government and various payment programs, we can presume the answer is "many."
The OECD estimated in 2017 that the introduction of unconditional base income would be a major fiscal burden, while at the same time impoverishing existing social welfare recipients, in countries specified as Finland, France, Italy and the United Kingdom.
The German experimentation is not the only one. specified a test was taken in Finland, where the results were not conclusive. In turn, an OpenAI survey in the US showed that unconditional base income did not bring any benefits in the States. Canada besides tried, but politicians decided to halt the experimentation due to besides much cost.
Such a survey was besides planned in Poland. The Association of Warmia-Masurian Borderlands wanted to present PLN 1.3 1000 a period to 31 1000 inhabitants of Warmia and Mazury. The experimentation was announced in 2022 and was to yet take off 2 years later, but so far it has not been seen.
The solution is expensive. According to Radio Olsztyn, only in the communes the costs were estimated at over PLN 1 billion per year. The plan was to cover 13 municipalities and 1 region in a strip bordering Russia. They are to stay convinced of the experiment.
The survey was conducted by the Association "Mein Grundeinkommen" ("My Basic Income") and the Berlin Institute for economical investigation DIW.
There were more than 2 million willing, and 122 people were yet elected, who received EUR 1,200 per period for nothing for 3 years under the guidance of scientists.
Only duty: a half-hour survey erstwhile all six months.
The payout was not dependent on anything, and the effects 9 months after the end of the experimentation were published at a press conference in Berlin.
122 people aged 21 to 40 were examined, surviving in single-person households. They earned net between 1,100 and 2,600 euros per month. On purpose, a group without household obligations was chosen, which could actively take decisions on its professional situation. No 1 influenced their choices.
Have they gone completely to guaranteed benefits by abandoning their work to date? It turned out to be the opposite. The basic income they received helped them stay on the market. The participants of the experimentation could focus on continuing discipline and development. They showed increased satisfaction with their working life. Statistically, expenditure on unconditional basic income went to 37 percent on savings, 8 percent on household or charity, and 20 percent on spending on time.
One associate in the experimentation even utilized funds to establish a swimming school and has already employed 20 people for 3 years.
– The participants remained active in the labour marketplace and utilized payments in a way that indicated work and commitment," said Prof. Juergen Schupp of the Institute for economical investigation in Berlin.
In order to have a comparison, 1,600 people were besides selected.
Its members did not receive primary income, only a tiny remuneration for just filling out surveys. The difference in the percent of unemployed between the 2 investigation groups was statistical zero.
A insignificant surprise is that the unconditional basic income positively affected the intellectual wellness of the subjects, giving them a sense of safety and freedom, and greater opportunities to share in social life. intellectual effects are expected to last up to six months after the experiment. This was confirmed by cortisol levels, stress hormone.
What are the costs of unconditional base income?
The "Mein Grundeinkommen" association wants to show that basic income has large possible in Germany. Its backing is to be possible by "moderate taxation mix". The thought of the association includes an increase in income tax, a financial transaction taxation and the elimination of social benefits and associated costs.
How did they react? Critics of the solution indicate that the experimentation included besides tiny and besides unrepresentative a group to be able to calculate conclusions for the full German economy. Dominik H. Enste of the Institute of German Economy in Cologne compared the investigation group to... lottery winners.
Politically besides unchanged: German Greens and Left behind, the remainder against, headed by right-wing AfD.
The "Mein Grundeinkommen" Association announces that with or without the support of politicians, it will proceed to survey the thought of unconditional basic income. They are convinced that this would solve many problems of modern life.
Other studies on unconditional base income
It is not known how its introduction would affect prices and how much it would actually cost to introduce it. Looking at our government and various payment programs, we can presume the answer is "many."
The OECD estimated in 2017 that the introduction of unconditional base income would be a major fiscal burden, while at the same time impoverishing existing social welfare recipients, in countries specified as Finland, France, Italy and the United Kingdom.
The German experimentation is not the only one. specified a test was taken in Finland, where the results were not conclusive. In turn, an OpenAI survey in the US showed that unconditional base income did not bring any benefits in the States. Canada besides tried, but politicians decided to halt the experimentation due to besides much cost.
Such a survey was besides planned in Poland. The Association of Warmia-Masurian Borderlands wanted to present PLN 1.3 1000 a period to 31 1000 inhabitants of Warmia and Mazury. The experimentation was announced in 2022 and was to yet take off 2 years later, but so far it has not been seen.
The solution is expensive. According to Radio Olsztyn, only in the communes the costs were estimated at over PLN 1 billion per year. The plan was to cover 13 municipalities and 1 region in a strip bordering Russia. They are to stay convinced of the experiment.
Does unconditional base income make sense? INNPoland.pl
