In the period from 1st October 2017 to 31st December 2019, the Dutch government allowed several municipalities to carry out so-called ‘basic income experiments’, ‘trust’ experiments, or ‘experiments low in regulation’. These experiments focused on giving exemptions on obligations attached to social benefits, allowing people to keep extra earnings on top of their social assistance benefits, and providing more guidance in finding work. In this paper, I critically evaluate the extent to which these experiments have had an effect on social policy in the Netherlands in both the short and long run. For municipalities, the main goal of these experiments was to examine whether an approach focused on trust and intrinsic motivation would lead to increased labour market participation and higher wellbeing. The national government approved the experiments; but in its evaluation, it focused solely on the outflow to work in line with the existing workfare approach. In the short run, the effects of the experiments appeared disappointing for those with the ambition of fundamentally reforming the social security system. However, in the struggle for framing and interpretation, advocates of a different social policy approach obtained success in the long run. Although the Participation Act was not initially amended, the recent coalition agreement of the new Government does propose a change related to the outcomes of the experiment; and in recent party manifestos, there are more far-reaching proposals to change social policy in the direction of a universal basic income.

在 2017 年 10 月 1 日至 2019 年 12 月 31 日期间，荷兰政府允许多个城市开展所谓的“基本收入实验”、“信任”实验或“低监管实验”。这些实验的重点是免除与社会福利相关的义务，允许人们在社会救助福利之外保留额外收入，并为寻找工作提供更多指导。在本文中，我批判性地评估了这些实验对荷兰社会政策的短期和长期影响程度。对于市政当局而言，这些实验的主要目标是检验专注于信任和内在动机的方法是否会导致劳动力市场参与度增加和幸福感提高。国家政府批准了这些实验；但在评估中，它只关注与现有工作福利方法相一致的外流工作。短期来看，对于那些有志从根本上改革社会保障体系的人来说，实验的效果似乎令人失望。然而，在制定和解释的斗争中，不同社会政策方法的倡导者从长远来看取得了成功。尽管《参与法》最初并未进行修订，但新政府最近的联合协议确实提出了与实验结果相关的更改；在最近的政党宣言中，有更深远的建议来改变社会政策，朝着普遍基本收入的方向发展。对于那些希望从根本上改革社会保障体系的人来说，实验的效果似乎令人失望。然而，在制定和解释的斗争中，不同社会政策方法的倡导者从长远来看取得了成功。尽管《参与法》最初并未进行修订，但新政府最近的联合协议确实提出了与实验结果相关的更改；在最近的政党宣言中，有更深远的建议来改变社会政策，朝着普遍基本收入的方向发展。对于那些希望从根本上改革社会保障体系的人来说，实验的效果似乎令人失望。然而，在制定和解释的斗争中，不同社会政策方法的倡导者从长远来看取得了成功。尽管《参与法》最初并未进行修订，但新政府最近的联合协议确实提出了与实验结果相关的更改；在最近的政党宣言中，有更深远的建议来改变社会政策，朝着普遍基本收入的方向发展。尽管《参与法》最初并未进行修订，但新政府最近的联合协议确实提出了与实验结果相关的更改；在最近的政党宣言中，有更深远的建议来改变社会政策，朝着普遍基本收入的方向发展。尽管《参与法》最初并未进行修订，但新政府最近的联合协议确实提出了与实验结果相关的更改；在最近的政党宣言中，有更深远的建议来改变社会政策，朝着普遍基本收入的方向发展。