Description
This timely analysis examines the complex state of youth unemployment across Europe and offers cogent policy suggestions for addressing this longstanding societal problem. The findings reveal numerous national and regional factors affecting youth joblessness—not only market and economic challenges, but also deep sociocultural and political dynamics underlying the situations. Coverage details how the standard transition from school to work is disrupted in an already depressed adult job market, and compares a wide range of responses in terms of both young people’s educational decision-making and national youth policy. In particular, contributors assess whether the current crop of Youth Guarantee programs can/should be a model for employment policy across the continent.
Among the topics covered:
- Youth labour market prospects and recent policy developments.
- Youth labour market in Central and Eastern Europe.
- Early school dropout in Spain: evolution during the Great Recession.
- Overeducation among European university graduates: a constraint or a choice?
- Promoting youth employment in Europe: evidence-based policy lessons.
- The evaluation of a Finnish youth guarantee: lessons for Europe?
European Youth Labour Markets is of interest to an international audience of economists, sociologists, and leaders in governmental, non-profit, and corporate sectors through its broad and comparative macroeconomic focus and implications for policymaking, research, resource allocation, and policy evaluation.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Youth Labour Market Prospects and Recent Policy Developments.- Youth Employment in the Iberian Countries: Problems and Policies.- What Makes Greek Youth More Vulnerable to Unemployment?.- Youth Labour Market in Central and Eastern Europe.- Apprenticeship Training in Upper Secondary School: Motives and Possibilities from a Swedish and European Perspective.- Youth Employment in Spain: Flows In and Out During the Great Recession and Employment Stability.- Transition from Education to Employment: Comparative Assessment of Youth Guarantee Policies in Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Latvia.- Labour Market Transitions in Italy: The Case of the NEET.- Early School Dropout in Spain: Evolution During the Great Recession.- Overeducation Among European University Graduates: A Constraint or a Choice?.- Labor Productivity, Temporary Work and Youth Unemployment: The Experience of Southern Europe.- Promoting Youth Employment in Europe: Evidence-Based Policy Lessons.- Europeanization of Youth Policy: Case Study of Finland and Norway.- The Evaluation of a Finnish Youth Guarantee: Lessons for Europe?.- The Evaluation of a Finnish Youth Guarantee: Lessons for Europe?.- Initiartives to Combat the Labour Market Exclusion of Youth in Northern Europe: A Meta-Analysis.
