Work Hazards and Social Class among 'successful' ALMP-Participants in Norway.

Autor/inn/en	Dahl, Espen; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Hermansen, Åsmund; Bråthen, Magne
Titel	Work Hazards and Social Class among 'successful' ALMP-Participants in Norway. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Arbeitsrisiken und soziale Schicht bei "erfolgreichen" ALMP-Teilnehmenden in Norwegen.
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative Social Work, 19 (2025) 2, S. 89-119 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0809-9936
DOI	10.31265/jcsw.v19i2.664
Schlagwörter	Arbeitsbelastung; Psychosozialer Faktor; Aktivierung; Gesundheitsgefährdung; Soziale Klasse; Unfallgefahr; Arbeitsbedingungen; Arbeitsloser; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Arbeitsplatz; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Qualität; Abhängig Beschäftigter; Norwegen
Abstract	"Background and research question. Studies of the outcomes of participation in Active Labor Market Programs (ALMP) focus primarily on employment status or earnings. Few studies address the social class and work environment that "successful " ALMP-participants transit to. Little is also known about whether participation in different types of ALMPs leads to different social classes and work environments. This is unfortunate since many ALMP participants have health challenges and reduced work ability and thus are particularly susceptible to poor working conditions. Data and methods: Using Norwegian register data, we examined social class and exposure to hazardous working conditions, measured by a Mechanical Job Exposure Matrix and a Psychosocial Job Exposure Matrix, that characterized the jobs of "successful" ALMP participants, compared with the general work force. Results: We found that both mechanical and psychosocial job exposures in male ALMP-participants were higher than those of the general work force. For female participants, mechanical exposures were higher than the average level in the general work force, while psychosocial exposures were lower. Further, job exposures differed by ALMP type, but after adjustment for age, education and social class, only negligible differences in job exposures between ALMP types remained. Social class contributed to variation in both mechanical and psychosocial job exposures, most for mechanical exposures among male participants, and least for psychosocial exposures among female participants. Conclusion: Compared with the general working population, former ALMP participants, regardless of what type of programs they participated in, entered lower social classes and tended to face more hazardous work environment." The study refers to the period 2014-2014 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/3