Training for the unemployed: differential effects in white- and blue-collar workers with respect to mental well-being

Antti Saloniemi, Katri Romppainen, Mattias Strandh and Pekka Virtanen
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Antti Saloniemi: University of Tampere, Finland
Katri Romppainen: University of Tampere, Finland
Mattias Strandh: University of Umeå, Sweden
Pekka Virtanen: University of Tampere, Finland

Work, Employment & Society, 2014, vol. 28, issue 4, 533-550

Abstract: In this study we investigate the effects of active labour market policy measures on health and well-being and how these effects are connected with socioeconomic status. The data were collected among the participants (n = 212) in 24 conventional vocational training courses in Finland. According to the results, training was accompanied by improvements in health and well-being among participants with a higher socioeconomic status, whereas for blue-collar workers the changes were neutral or even detrimental. The results raise questions about the role of active labour market policy measures as a public service. There seems to be a risk that these types of measures maintain or even produce health differences between socioeconomic groups.

Keywords: active labour market policy; Finland; health inequality; interventions; mental health; unemployment; vocational training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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