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2026-02-02ResearchWhat Finland's basic income experiment did — and did not — showUnconditional payments to unemployed people had small employment effects and improved wellbeing; the design cannot tell us what a universal scheme would do.Established 2025-04-09ResearchGerman basic-income pilot: little labour-market withdrawal, better wellbeingA three-year German study of €1,200 monthly unconditional payments reported in April 2025 no significant withdrawal from work and clear gains in mental health and life satisfaction, in a small, selected sample.Established