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Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds by moduspol on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:18PM (#23106245)
Also housewives, disability recipients, unemployed young adults still living at home, retirees.

We've got several demographics that have their basic needs covered without working. Not all are directly comparable with working peers, but surely some likely outcomes could be predicted.

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Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds by CuriousSkeptic on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:57PM (#23109802)
There was some studies in USA in the 70s which spurred som controversy due to an increased divorce rate. Ostensibly due to more housewives using the financial safety to beak free.

An interesting datapoint since you mentioned that group.

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Re:Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds by moduspol on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:31PM (#23110024)
Yes. Another fine example of, "when you incentivize doing something, people are more likely to do it."
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