Universal basic income in the Netherlands

In early 1990s the GreenLeft was ambiguous to the idea of a basic income, not endorsing it in its 1989 election manifesto,[2] but debating the issue in several publications.

[4] In 1992 the debate is re-opened by the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, an economic advisory body of the government, which like the Scientific Council endorsed a low basic income as part of simplified social security system.

[6] In 1994 D66 minister Hans Wijers publicly favoured the basic income, leading to negative reactions by his colleagues in cabinet.

[9] In 2006, Femke Halsema, leader of the GreenLeft, endorsed a partial basic income[10] and her ideas were taken over in the party's 2006 election manifesto.

The experiment was designed as a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of different methods of delivering financial assistance.