The interplay of educational and labour market institutions and links to relative youth unemployment

Brzinsky-Fay, Christian

doi:10.1177/0958928717719198

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“…One of the most studied factors associated with youth unemployment is the level of employment protection (e.g. Breen 2005;Brzinsky-Fay 2017;de Lange et al 2014;Russell and O'Connell 2001;Wolbers 2007). It is essential to distinguish between employment protection for regular and for temporary contracts due to the different ways in which they affect young people (Gebel and Giesecke 2016): Employment protection for regular workers is associated with direct and indirect costs of dismissal, which might dissuade employers from hiring young people due to higher anticipated costs in case of a mismatch (Skedinger 2010).…”

Section: Unemployed Neetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping Young NEETs Across Europe: Exploring the Institutional Configurations Promoting Youth Disengagement from Education and Employment

Assmann

Broschinski

2021

JAYS

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Over the past decade, the number of young people neither in employment, education, or training (NEET) has reached a seriously high level in many European countries. Previous studies have illustrated the heterogeneity of this group and that they differ considerably across Europe. However, the reasons of these cross-country differences have hardly been investigated so far. This study explores how the rates of different NEET subgroups are conditioned by various institutional configurations by applying fuzzy-set Quantitative Comparative Analysis for 26 European countries using aggregated EU Labour Force Survey data from 2018. The analysis reveals that institutional causes of being NEET are as diverse as the group itself. Thus, high levels of young NEETs with care responsibilities are found in countries with a lack of family-related services in conjunction with weak formalised long-term care as it is true in mostly Central Eastern European countries. In contrast, high rates of NEETs with a disability are prevalent mainly in Northern European countries where generous and inefficient disability benefit schemes exist that create false incentives to stay away from the labour market. Finally, high proportions of unemployed and discouraged young NEETs are found in those countries hit hardest by the crisis and with high labour market rigidities, low vocational specificity, and a lack of active labour market policies like in the Southern and some Central Eastern European countries. The results illustrate that young people face very different barriers across Europe and that country-specific measures must be taken to reduce the number of NEETs in Europe.

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Section: Unemployed Neetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping Young NEETs Across Europe: Exploring the Institutional Configurations Promoting Youth Disengagement from Education and Employment

Assmann

Broschinski

2021

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“…Despite the growth in precarious employment and the related precarity it inevitably brings to wider social life, the issue of economic security and job stability is of paramount importance to young workers. Not only is a smooth transition from school to work related to future occupational success (Brzinsky-Fay, 2017), the prospect of having a secure job is also subjectively very important. In a recent survey on work orientations, more than 90% of young workers in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States said that having a job was (very) important to them personally.…”

Section: Precarity: Deteriorating Labor Market Opportunities For Younmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizing Young Workers Under Precarious Conditions: What Hinders or Facilitates Union Success

Simms

Eversberg

Dupuy³

et al. 2018

Work and Occupations

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Under what conditions do young precarious workers join unions? Based on case studies from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the authors identify targeted campaigns, coalition building, membership activism, and training activities as innovative organizing approaches. In addition to traditional issues such as wages and training quality, these approaches also featured issues specific to precarious workers, including skills training, demands for minimum working hours, and specific support in insecure employment situations. Organizing success is influenced by bargaining structures, occupational identity, labor market conditions, and support by union leaders and members. Innovative organizing tends to happen when unions combine new approaches with existing structures.

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“…A more detailed analysis of these data shows that youth unemployment rates were lower in countries with a collective skill formation regime, that is, those with a high level of firm involvement in the provision of initial vocational training and a strong public commitment to vocational training (Busemeyer & Trampusch, 2012). Indeed, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark had much lower youth unemployment rates, as shown in Figure 1 (Biavaschi et al, 2012;Brzinsky-Fay, 2017;Busemeyer & Iversen, 2012;Busemeyer & Thelen, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Promoting workplace‐based training to fight youth unemployment in three EU countries: Different strategies, different results?

Marques

Hoerisch

2019

Int J Soc Welfare

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During the economic crisis, youth unemployment grew exponentially in many European countries. It was argued that countries with a high level of firm involvement in the provision of initial vocational training were better equipped to address this problem. Boosting workplace‐based training was therefore seen as the right strategy to tackle unemployment. Using Denmark, Spain and the UK as case studies, this article analyses how countries with different skill formation systems have improved this type of training. While the UK reinforced the voluntaristic character of its training regime, Denmark improved the quality of its vocational education, and Spain made reforms to the training and apprenticeship contract. Interestingly, the countries achieved different results. To explain this divergence, it is argued that while the reforms made in the UK and Denmark were compatible with the national institutions and coordination mechanisms, this was not the case in Spain, where reforms were implemented in a non‐complementary way. Key Practitioner Message: After the economic crisis it was argued that countries with a high level of firm involvement in the provision of initial VET were better equipped to fight youth unemployment. The study analysed how countries with different skill formation systems improved this type of training and assessed their relative success. The article shows that when implementing reforms policy makers must take into account the institutions and mechanisms of coordination that prevail in each country. Otherwise, reforms may be unsuccessful.

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The interplay of educational and labour market institutions and links to relative youth unemployment

Cited by 30 publications

References 62 publications

Mapping Young NEETs Across Europe: Exploring the Institutional Configurations Promoting Youth Disengagement from Education and Employment

Mapping Young NEETs Across Europe: Exploring the Institutional Configurations Promoting Youth Disengagement from Education and Employment

Organizing Young Workers Under Precarious Conditions: What Hinders or Facilitates Union Success

Promoting workplace‐based training to fight youth unemployment in three EU countries: Different strategies, different results?

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