Description
Exacerbated by the Great Recession, youth transitions to employment and adulthood have become increasingly protracted, precarious, and differentiated by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Youth Labor in Transition examines young people's integration into employment, alongside the decisions and consequences of migrating to find work and later returning home. The authors identify key policy challenges for the future related to NEETS, overeducation, self-employment, and ethnic differences in outcomes. This illustrates the need to encompass a wider understanding of youth employment and job insecurity by including an analysis of economic production and how it relates to social reproduction of labor if policy intervention is to be effective.The mapping and extensive analysis in this book are the result of a 3½-year, European Union-funded research project (Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe, or STYLE; http://www.style-research.eu) coordinated by Jacqueline O'Reilly. With an overall budget of just under 5 million euros and involving 25 research partners; an international advisory network and local advisory boards of employers, unions, and policymakers; and non-governmental organizations from more than 20 European countries, STYLE is one of the largest European Commission-funded research projects to exist on this topic. Consequently, this book will appeal to an array of audiences, including academic and policy researchers in sociology, political science, economics, management studies, and more particular labor market and social policy; policy communities; and bachelor's- and master's-level students in courses on European studies or any of the aforementioned subject areas.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Comparing Youth Transitions in Europe: Joblessness, Insecurity, Institutions, and InequalityJacqueline O'Reilly, Janine Leschke, Renate Ortlieb, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, and Paola VillaPART I: COMPARING PROBLEMATIC YOUTH TRANSITIONS TO WORKChapter 2: Where Do Young People Work?Raffaele Grotti, Helen Russell, and Jacqueline O'ReillyChapter 3: How Does the Performance of School-To-Work Transition Regimes Vary in the European Union?Kari P. Hadjivassiliou, Arianna Tassinari, Werner Eichhorst, and Florian WoznyChapter 4: Stressed Economies, Distressed Policies, and Distraught Young People: European Policies and Outcomes from a Youth PerspectiveMark Smith, Janine Leschke, Helen Russell, and Paola VillaChapter 5: Labor Market Flexibility and Income Security: Changes for European Youth During the Great RecessionJanine Leschke and Mairéad FinnChapter 6: Policy Transfer and Innovation for Building Resilient Bridges to the Youth Labor MarketMaria Petmesidou and María González MenéndezPART II: TRANSITIONS AROUND WORK AND THE FAMILYChapter 7: Youth Labor Flows Differ from Those of Older Workers?Vladislav Flek, Martin Hála, and Martina MysíkováChapter 8: How Can Young People's Employment Quality Be Assessed Dynamically?Gabriella Berloffa, Eleonora Matteazzi, Gabriele Mazzolini, Alina Sandor, and Paola VillaChapter 9: Youth Transitions and Job Quality: How Long Should They Wait and What Difference Does the Family Make?Marianna Filandri, Tiziana Nazio, and Jacqueline O'ReillyChapter 10: The Worklessness Legacy: Do Working Mothers Make a Difference?Gabriella Berloffa, Eleonora Matteazzi, and Paola VillaChapter 11: Stuck in the Parental Nest? The Effect of the Economic Crisis on Young Europeans' Living ArrangementsFernanda Mazzotta and Lavinia ParisiChapter 12: Income Sharing and Spending Decisions of Young People Living with Their ParentsMárton Medgyesi and Ildikó NagyPART III: TRANSITIONS ACROSS EUROPEChapter 13: What Happens to Young People Who Move Country to Find Work?Mehtap Akgüç and Miroslav BeblavýChapter 14: Europe's Promise for Jobs? Labor Market Integration of Young EU Migrant Citizens in Germany and the United KingdomThees Spreckelsen, Janine Leschke, and Martin Seeleib-KaiserChapter 15: How Do Labor Market Intermediaries Help Young Eastern Europeans Find Work?Renate Ortlieb and Silvana WeissChapter 16: What Are the Employment Prospects for Young Estonian and Slovak Return Migrants?Jaan Masso, Lucia Mýtna Kureková, Maryna Tverdostup, and Zuzana ZilincíkováPART IV: CHALLENGING FUTURES FOR YOUTHChapter 17: Origins and Future of the Concept of NEETs in the European Policy AgendaMassimiliano MascheriniChapter 18: Overeducation in Europe: Is There Scope for a Common Policy Approach?Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin, and Adele WhelanChapter 19: Do Scarring Effects Vary by Ethnicity and Gender?Carolina V. Zuccotti and Jacqueline O'ReillyChapter 20: Do Business Start-Ups Create High-Quality Jobs for Young People?Renate Ortlieb, Maura Sheehan, and Jaan MassoChapter 21: Are the Work Values of the Younger Generations Changing?Gábor Hajdu and Endre SikChapter 22: How Can Trade Unions in Europe Connect with Young Workers?Kurt VandaeleChapter 23: Integrating Perspectives on Youth Labor in Transition: Economic Production, Social Reproduction, and Policy LearningJacqueline O'Reilly, Janine Leschke, Renate Ortlieb, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, and Paola Villa
