Social inequality and the transition to education and training

Risk of Social Exclusion and Resources of Young NEETs

“…Their unequal distribution means that the processes of leaving the parental home and, especially, edu cational choices are highly dependent on parental income (on leaving home: see Kahn et al, 2013;Castell et al, 2016a; on education: see Sandefur et al, 2005;. Intergenerational transfers contribute to a form of social reproduction (Paugam & Zoyem, 1998;Albertini & Radl, 2012;Jentsch & Reiter, 2018) allowing the better-off to spend more time in education, while the least well-off are forced to ensure their subsistence at a time when they are likely to encounter major difficulties on the labour market. In other words, the income and resources available to young people transi tioning to adulthood -including those that reflect the capacity of families to support young adults to achieve autonomy -condition the level of education and the conditions of entry into the labour market, both of which are key determinants of future inequalities (Aliaga & Lê, 2016;Dherbécourt, 2018).…”