The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Government Training on Subjective Well-being

Andersen, Signe Hald

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“…Second, from the above analyses it is unclear how long the positive well-being effects of ALMPs last. Although Andersen (2008) showed that effects could last up to a year, an important question that remains unanswered is what happens when ALMP participants return to 'open unemployment' as opposed to going into a job. In this scenario, ALMPs might have an ultimately negative impact by providing a participant with a sense of hope that is later unfulfilled when he or she fails to find paid work.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Using models for panel data that are able to strengthen causal inferences, Andersen (2008) showed that ALMPs improved the well-being of participants, at least in the short-term of up to a year after participation. Following Andersen (2009), this paper also uses the BHPS and extends Andersen's analysis in two main ways.…”

Section: The Health and Psychosocial Effects Of Unemployment And The mentioning

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Do Active Labour Market Policies Promote the Well-Being, Health and Social Capital of the Unemployed? Evidence from the UK

Sage

2014

Soc Indic Res

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In recent decades, one of the most notable developments in social policy has been the expansion of active labour market policies (ALMPs): training schemes that aim to speed up unemployed people's return to the labour market. At the same time, academic and political attention has begun to rethink the traditional ways in which social policies like ALMPs should be evaluated: away from typically economic-oriented outcomes towards health and social indicators, such as subjective well-being and social capital. This has led to an emerging argument that ALMPs can be used to improve the health and social environment of unemployment, which decades of research has shown to be associated with a wide range of deleterious outcomes. This paper tests this argument by analysing longitudinal data from the long-running British Household Panel Survey and its successor Understanding Society. The results show that relative to open unemployment, ALMP participation is associated with increased well-being amongst the unemployed, although there is no effect on health or social capital.

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Section: The Health and Psychosocial Effects Of Unemployment And The mentioning

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Do Active Labour Market Policies Promote the Well-Being, Health and Social Capital of the Unemployed? Evidence from the UK

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2014

Soc Indic Res

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“…In Western societies, it is generally difficult to ‘survive’ as unemployed without participating in measures that range from short courses aimed at promoting job seeking skills, to long-term occupational training with integrated periods of work and to state subsidised job creation schemes. Studies concerning ‘indirect employment effects’ of the ALMP measures, or the health effects of ‘interrupted unemployment’, are excluded from the review of van der Noordt et al 1 The current body of such research is scarce,9 10 and rather than allowing unequivocal conclusions, the evidence gives some reason to recommend carefully designed prospective studies that make use of the natural experiments provided by various ALMP measures.…”

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The health effects of employment

Virtanen

2014

Occup Environ Med

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“…engaging in organized activities and sharing common goals)". There were further positive conclusions found in the Australian context by Audhoe et al (2010), while ALMP participation has been shown to improve life satisfaction in Germany (Wulfgramm, 2011) and the UK (Oddy et al, 1984;Andersen, 2008). …”

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“…This case was similarly made by Wulfgramm (2011), who argued that although ALMPs were not equal to paid work for some needs, they were still desirable compared to "open unemployment" as they provided opportunities for participation in a collective purpose, skill use, a structured day, regular activity and interpersonal contact. The same case has been made by Oddy et al (1984), Andersen (2008) and Breidahl and Clement (2010).…”

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Activation, health and well‐being: neglected dimensions?

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2013

Int J of Soc & Social Policy

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:226685 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This article argues that some of the most profound costs of unemployment are social in nature, rather than solely economic. Consequently, the aim of the paper is to argue that the design and evaluation of active labour market policies (ALMPs) should incorporate a better and more sophisticated understanding of how such interventions affect the health, well-being and social exclusion of the unemployed, as opposed to more typically economic outcomes like re-employment and wage levels. Design/methodology/approach -To achieve this, a range of theoretical and empirical evidence is reviewed that shows how unemployment is consistently associated with a range of health and social problems. Evidence is also presented that demonstrates the capacity that ALMPs have to intervene and mediate such problems. Findings -The evidence presented demonstrates that not only is unemployment associated with a range of health and social problems but it appears to have a causal function. Further, the evidence also demonstrates how the causal pathway that leads from unemployment to poor health, low well-being and social exclusion is often psychosocial in nature. It is argued that such findings reinforce the potential that activation policies have to improve the qualitative, psychosocial environment of unemployment for the better. Originality/value -This article argues that politicians, policy-makers and academics should take a more holistic approach vis-à -vis ALMPs, beyond the more typical economic-centric way in which such programmes are often conceptualised. Further, it offers a framework for future research; suggesting that further work should focus on analysing the impacts of qualitatively different types of active interventions. To achieve this, a framework -based upon Bonoli's typology -is outlined.

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The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Government Training on Subjective Well-being

Cited by 46 publications

References 35 publications

Do Active Labour Market Policies Promote the Well-Being, Health and Social Capital of the Unemployed? Evidence from the UK

Do Active Labour Market Policies Promote the Well-Being, Health and Social Capital of the Unemployed? Evidence from the UK

The health effects of employment

Activation, health and well‐being: neglected dimensions?

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