Do Disadvantaged Young Adults Benefit Less from Social Investment? Studying Matthew Effects in Activation Measures.

Autor/inn/en	Knize, Veronika; Wolf, Markus; Zabel, Cordula
Titel	Do Disadvantaged Young Adults Benefit Less from Social Investment? Studying Matthew Effects in Activation Measures. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Profitieren benachteiligte junge Erwachsene weniger von sozialen Investitionen? Untersuchung von Matthäus-Effekten in Aktivierungsmaßnahmen.
Quelle	In: Youth and globalization, 3 (2021) 1, S. 13-55 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2589-5745
DOI	10.1163/25895745-03010002
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ausgrenzung; Soziale Ungleichheit; Aktivierung; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Soziale Ungleichheit; Auswirkung; Teilnehmer; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialinvestition; Auswahl; Case Management; Aktivierung; Sozialinvestition; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifizierungsmaßnahme; Teilnehmer; Case Management; Auswahl; Auswirkung; Benachteiligung; Zielvereinbarung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Junger Erwachsener; Sozialhilfeempfänger
Abstract	"In Germany, social investment can be crucial for disadvantaged young adults, as intergenerational mobility is low and credentials are decisive for employment. However, the literature on policy implementation calls attention to 'Matthew effects', by which the most disadvantaged often have the least access to social investment. We contribute to ongoing research on Matthew effects by examining whether the worst-off among young German welfare recipients are assigned to active labour market policy measures that are more advantageous or less advantageous. Findings for a register sample of 20-22 year olds in 2014 support hypotheses that those with the lowest education and employment experience participate less often in the most advantageous measures; particularly in firm-based upskilling and employment assistance, and more often in measures that proved to be not as beneficial, such as workfare programmes. On a positive note, welfare experience during adolescence as an indicator of low socio-economic status in the family of origin does not additionally affect access to social investment policy measures." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2022/2