The NEET concept in comparative youth research: the Nordic countries and South Africa

Holte, Bjørn Hallstein; Swart, Ignatius; Hiilamo, Heikki

doi:10.1080/13676261.2018.1496406

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“…This analytical distinction, revealed by the longitudinal framework, confirms the necessity, also demonstrated in recent comparative studies (e.g., Holte et al, 2019), to discuss the relevance and applicability of the NEET concept across different welfare settings. The findings from the Danish case suggest that the low accuracy with which the NEET concept captures the risk of exclusion reflects a social structure that provides young people with opportunities, benefits and services as well as ensuring them a minimum standard of living.…”

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“…Since 2008, the share of young adults defined as NEET has increased in most European countries and is yet to return to the pre-financial crisis rate. 1 The NEET concept has thus been interpreted as an indicator of the present challenges many young adults are facing (Holte et al, 2019). Some even argue that the NEET rate is an indicator of the share of young adults at risk of social exclusion (European Commission, 2010; The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2018; Tamesberger et al, 2014).…”

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The Temporality of Being NEET: A Longitudinal Study of NEET Occurrences among Young Adults in Denmark

Kleif

2020

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The NEET concept has become standard vocabulary when addressing youth disengagement. Across countries, the definition is used to measure young adults at risk of social exclusion. Using sequence and clustering analyses on unique Danish register data, this article presents a longitudinal study of the temporal developments of NEET occurrences. This enables a critical assessment of the quality of the NEET concept as a proxy for measuring young adults at risk of social exclusion. The article demonstrates how four out of five young adults labelled NEET cannot be characterized as being at risk of social exclusion. Using quantitative analyses, the results confirm the criticism of the NEET concept in some of the qualitative literature and find that there is a need to discuss the applicability of the concept nationally to define who is at risk, as well as in cross-national comparisons of young adults not in employment, education or training.

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The Temporality of Being NEET: A Longitudinal Study of NEET Occurrences among Young Adults in Denmark

Kleif

2020

YOUNG

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“…It is possible that in another, less affluent or less egalitarian context, the probability of unemployment could be even higher, should the social or health-related disadvantage accumulate. Effects of the differing contexts have also been shown among young people not in education, employment of training (NEET) (Holte, Swart, & Hiilamo, 2019).…”

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Determinants of long-term unemployment in early adulthood: A Finnish birth cohort study

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Cumulative contributions of social and health-related determinants to long-term unemployment during early working life among young adults are poorly understood. Therefore, we used four cumulative indices of both parental and own social and health-related determinants of such unemployment among a cohort which comprised a complete census of children born in Finland in 1987. The cohort participants were registered in the Medical Birth Register, and they were followed-up through 2015 (N = 46 521). We calculated predicted probabilities for long-term unemployment (> 12 months) when participants were 25–28 years. Moreover, we examined whether the associations differed by unemployment at the municipal level. During the follow-up, 4.5% of women and 7.1% of men experienced long-term unemployment. All cumulative indices of parental and own social and health-related determinants predicted the probability of long-term unemployment. The greatest probabilities were observed for own social determinants, both in municipalities with high and low unemployment although the probabilities were higher in the high-unemployment municipalities. Of the individual determinants, poor school performance showed the strongest association with long-term unemployment among women (OR 6.65, 95% CI 5.21–8.55) and men (OR 3.70, 95% CI 2.96–4.67), after adjusting for other own social determinants. The results highlight the importance of life course social equality in the prevention of long-term unemployment in early adulthood.

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“…Sammenlignet med øvrige europeiske land har Norden imidlertid en lav andel av såkalte NEET -ungdom not in education, employment or training. Det reflekterer sterke økonomier og arbeidsmarkeder, samt høy tiltaksaktivitet rettet mot denne gruppen (Hyggen, 2015;Holte, Swart & Hiilamo, 2019). Det norske ungdomsarbeidsmarkedet absorberer relativt mange av dem med liten eller ingen formell kompetanse.…”

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Mellom omsorg og kontroll – et velferdsprofesjonsperspektiv på oppfølging av ungdom utenfor opplæring og arbeid

Reegård

2021

Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research

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Ungdom som står utenfor opplaering og arbeid, skaper stor velferdspolitisk bekymring i alle de nordiske landene. Artikkelen tematiserer den velferdstjenesten som har ansvar for oppsøking, oppfølging og aktivering av ungdom i denne gruppen i Norge: rådgivere i oppfølgingstjenesten (OT). Med utgangspunkt i litteratur om velferdsprofesjonenes dobbeltrolle i både å hjelpe og kontrollere målgruppen, undersøker artikkelen hvordan velferdsstatens styringsintensjoner omformes i møtet med OT-rådgivernes praksis. Basert på intervjuer med OT-rådgivere, analyseres tre dilemmaer. For det første er det avveininger mellom å gi ungdommene omfattende hjelp, og samtidig unngå hjelpeavhengighet. For det andre gjelder det krevende grenser for oppsøkings-og disiplineringsaktiviteten for samtidig å ivareta individets selvbestemmelse og autonomi. For det tredje er det prioritering av egen innsats i en profesjonspraksis underlagt styring og kontroll fra utdanningsmyndighetene, begrensede stillingsressurser og ungdom med komplekse hjelpebehov. Artikkelen bidrar til forståelser av økt kompleksitet i velferdsprofesjoners yrkesutøvelse når statens styringsinstrumenter og aktiveringsmålsetting utvides til å omfatte nye grupper.

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The NEET concept in comparative youth research: the Nordic countries and South Africa

Cited by 37 publications

References 23 publications

The Temporality of Being NEET: A Longitudinal Study of NEET Occurrences among Young Adults in Denmark

The Temporality of Being NEET: A Longitudinal Study of NEET Occurrences among Young Adults in Denmark

Determinants of long-term unemployment in early adulthood: A Finnish birth cohort study

Mellom omsorg og kontroll – et velferdsprofesjonsperspektiv på oppfølging av ungdom utenfor opplæring og arbeid

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