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abstract: 'Policy access biases worry social policy scholars because they generate
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Matthew effects that exacerbate socioeconomic divides. Yet, access
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biases in many social investment policies, like training during
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unemployment, remain under-researched. Such access biases may be
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detrimental to a critical objective of social investment: to improve and
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uplift workers with precarious economic prospects. We focus here on
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access bias in training provided by public employment services against
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lower-educated workers. They are vulnerable to unemployment and
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fractured employment and should thus be targeted for training. While
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there is burgeoning attention on access biases in training against
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disadvantaged youths and non-citizens, fewer studies have focused on
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similar access bias against lower-educated workers. We highlight that
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access bias against such workers may stem from their lower willingness
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and demand for training, as well as policy design, informal eligibility
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criteria and caseworkers'' creaming practices. We suggest, however, that
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greater availability of training opportunities may ease this access bias
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against lower-educated workers. Using the Finnish Income Distribution
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survey data (2007-2012), we find evidence of training access bias:
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primary-educated workers are significantly less likely to participate in
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training than upper secondary and vocationally educated workers.
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Concurrently, our results show that availability of training is not
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significantly associated with the extent of training access bias against
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primary-educated workers. With a Nordic welfare model that prioritizes
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training to remedy labour market vulnerability and stresses that access
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to benefits and services is based on need, Finland represents a least
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likely case to find such access bias in training. We therefore consider
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these results worrying: if it is found here, it may be prevalent in
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countries with other welfare models.'
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affiliation: 'Im, ZJ (Corresponding Author), Copenhagen Business Sch, Dept Int Econ
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Business \& Govt, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Im, ZJ (Corresponding Author), Univ Helsinki, Fac Social Sci, Helsinki, Finland.
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Im, Zhen Jie, Copenhagen Business Sch, Dept Int Econ Business \& Govt, Frederiksberg,
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Denmark.
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Im, Zhen Jie; Shin, Young-Kyu, Univ Helsinki, Fac Social Sci, Helsinki, Finland.
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Shin, Young-Kyu, Korea Inst Hlth \& Social Affairs, Sejong City, South Korea.'
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article-number: 09589287211066408
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author: Im, Zhen Jie and Shin, Young-Kyu
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author-email: zhen.im@helsinki.fi
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author_list:
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- family: Im
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given: Zhen Jie
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- family: Shin
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given: Young-Kyu
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/09589287211066408
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earlyaccessdate: JAN 2022
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eissn: 1461-7269
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files: []
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issn: 0958-9287
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journal: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY
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keywords: 'Social investment; job training; Nordic welfare state; access biases;
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Matthew effects'
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keywords-plus: POLICIES; PARTICIPATION; EMPLOYMENT; PROGRAM
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '39'
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orcid-numbers: 'Shin, Young-Kyu/0000-0002-2713-7547
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Im, Zhen/0000-0001-7854-1382'
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pages: 3-18
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papis_id: 403ca1b8bd1ccabc6ccafb17aa1a652a
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ref: Im2022whogets
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researcherid-numbers: 'Shin, Young-Kyu/AAE-1824-2022
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Im, Zhen/AAB-6296-2020'
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times-cited: '1'
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title: Who gets labour market training? Access biases of social investment in Finland
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000752684000001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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volume: '32'
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web-of-science-categories: Public Administration; Social Issues
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year: '2022'
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