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‘Virtuous’ and ‘vicious’ circles? Adults’ participation in different types of training in the UK and its association with wages

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Dickinson, Peter and Luchinskaya, Daria (2019) ‘Virtuous’ and ‘vicious’ circles? Adults’ participation in different types of training in the UK and its association with wages. Social Inclusion, 7 (3). pp. 177-201. doi:10.17645/si.v7i3.2039 ISSN 2183-2803.

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Abstract

The relationship between education, skills and labour market outcomes is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in many countries. In the UK, recent changes in education and skills funding structures and the ongoing consequences of the 2008 recession may have affected participation in training. ‘Virtuous’ and ‘vicious’ circles of learning may exist, whereby access to training is associated with social advantage, and training begets more training. We explore workers’ participation in different types of training and how this is associated with wages using the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Our exploratory findings suggest that those working in lower-level occupations may not only be less likely to undertake training in general, but also less likely to have done types of training associated with wage increases (e.g., to meet occupational standards), and more likely to have done training associated with no or negative changes in wages (e.g., health and safety) compared to those working in higher-level occupations. We suggest that further research is needed to unpack the ‘black box’ of training and its impacts upon different groups of people. We discuss the implications of our findings to help break the ‘vicious’ circles.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Skilled labor , Training needs , Employees -- Training of, Wages -- Skilled labor, Wages -- Effect of education on, Occupational training
Journal or Publication Title: Social Inclusion
Publisher: Cogitatio Press
ISSN: 2183-2803
Official Date: 5 September 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
5 September 2019Published
1 February 2019Accepted
Volume: 7
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 177-201
DOI: 10.17645/si.v7i3.2039
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 14 January 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 14 January 2021
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