Elli Aaltonen. Experimenting with Income Support in the Netherlands. Presentation at seminar "Finnish Basic Income Experiment – Science meets social security reform" in Kela 4.4.2019.

1. Finnish Basic Income
Experiment – Science
meets social security
4.4.2019 9.00 – 12.00, Kela, Auditorium
Elli Aaltonen
General Director
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)

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3. Objectives of the experiment
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• Renew social security to answer better to changes of working life
• Develop social security to more participating and incentive for work
• Reduce byrocracy
• Simplify the complexity of the social security system
Basic income experiment is one of those actions which aim to

4. Preliminary results 2/2019
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1) Experiment didn’t improve participating for work. (Too early to
make final conclusions.)
2) Experiment simplified the complexity of the social security system
and reduced byrocracy.
3) Experiment improved the quality of life (stress, health, wellbeing).

5. With you throughout life –
Supporting you through times of change
Elli Aaltonen
Director General
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
@ElliAaltonen