Workers of different education levels had unequal sources of funding for training, according to the study. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Less well-educated young workers in lower-wage jobs are less likely to take up training, or benefit as much as their white-collar counterparts in their job search process, a study by a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has found.for all workers over time, according to the respondents’ reported data.
Its principal investigator, Associate Professor Irene Ng, said the data collected from about 1,400 respondents across two “waves”, or periods, from 2020 to 2022, aimed to understand the realities of the young working poor who might otherwise become the “future poor old” in need of social assistance. Prof Ng, who is from NUS’ Department of Social Work and is the steering committee chair of SSR, said socio-economic status is an important factor to target, in order to close training gaps. This is because of the lower participation but greater training benefits to lower-educated, non-professional, managerial, executive and technical workers.
Based on a subset of 304 employed workers, the study found that both PMETs and non-PMETs were able to land jobs through personal contacts or their social networks, but there were significant differences in returns between both groups. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng, who was the guest of honour at the event, called 2023 a “milestone year” in Singapore’s journey to uplift lower-wage workers.
Mr Tan said that besides supporting workers to upskill and reskill, the aim is also to build a more inclusive labour market that rewards mastery of skills in different areas, with multiple pathways to success.
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