“You reap what you sow”: Do active labour market policies always increase job security? Evidence from the Youth Guarantee

Focacci, Chiara Natalie

doi:10.1007/s10657-020-09654-6

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“…The key area of interest explored could be factors influencing youth unemployment such as duration dependence (Flek et al , 2015; Cockx and Picchio, 2013; Raaum, 2009; García-Pérez and Muñoz-Bullón, 2005), skills (Cyron and Mehrotra, 2022; Groh et al , 2016), training (Šileika, 2004; Upward, 2002), income distribution (De Fraja et al , 2021; Singh et al , 2020), labour market (Liotti, 2022; Ylistö and Husu, 2021; Ranchhod and Daniels, 2021; Bradley and Crouchley, 2020), policies (Jumpah, 2020; Focacci, 2020), wage determination (Gabriel and Schmitz, 2020; Vasilescu and Begu, 2019), minimum wage (Fialová and Mysíková, 2021; Marimpi and Koning, 2018), labour supply (Holford, 2020; McTier and McGregor, 2018), education (Cyron and Mehrotra, 2022; Juárez et al , 2022; Krahn et al , 2015; Odoardi, 2020; Pompei and Selezneva, 2021; Meyer and Mncayi, 2021) and youth entrepreneurship (Munyuki and Jonah, 2021; Justina and Emmanuel, 2020; Jumpah, 2020; Ubogu, 2020).…”

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A bibliometric study of reference literature on youth unemployment

Ralph

Arora

2022

JEC

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the global issues of youth unemployment using bibliometric analysis covering the period from 1983 to 2022. There is a dearth of a bibliometric study analysis on unemployment, particularly youth unemployment even at the global level. The present study seeks to fill this gap by exploring the prominent studies related to youth unemployment at the global level. Design/methodology/approach Using VOSviewer software bibliometric results and the Scopus database, the study uncovered the most frequently cited, prominent and influential authors, as well as the institutions that have worked on youth unemployment and the most prominent keywords published on youth unemployment. Findings Nearly 80% of the research articles on youth unemployment were published from 2005 to 2022, and a significant increase in publication after 2012 is observed. Based on the published papers, the most studied determinants of youth unemployment are increased levels of regional economic advances, state demographics, relocation, household conditions, regional openness and export/import. Economic freedom, labour market reforms, economic growth, high proportion of part-time employment, active labour market policies, minimum wage norms, extent of bargaining scope and alignment are prominent determinants that reduce unemployment at large and improve labour market performance of youth in particular. Research limitations/implications Bibliometric analysis, like the present study, can narrow down the most prominent sources of information on youth unemployment for beginners in this field of research. Practical implications This bibliometric study on youth employment assists researchers and policymakers in understanding and summarizing the necessary determinants of youth employment that are already being identified and studied based on practical evidence from the authors’ case study-based research work. The present study raises the issue of youth unemployment at large. It helps in identifying factors in one place and thus new researchers can use it as a starting point for their research on youth unemployment. It helps in providing clustering of factors. It highlighted the significant studies, authors and institutions working in this field. Social implications On social implication, it can be argued that studies on topics related to human resources have a direct impact on society standards. By producing scientific knowledge that aids in the recognition of the complexities of human processes and behaviours, social science research significantly contributes to the enrichment of the community as a whole. When young people are unemployed, it causes social unrest and may increase crime and terrorism, all of which contribute to political instability. Youth unemployment causes psychological illness because of anxiety, alienation and depression. As a result, it causes social instability and necessitates immediate attention in all societies. The present study highlights that although the unemployment rate of youth is significantly higher in underdeveloped countries than the developed countries, their representation in the publication is significantly low. This under-representation of countries shows their lack of commitment to society in working on the issue of youth unemployment. Originality/value It is assumed that there are plenty of research studies on unemployment, particularly at the global level. However, various domains of researchers may require a bibliometric kind of analysis wherein they may get an idea about the prominent number of literatures arguing concerning issues at large, in the sense of “focused studies” covering the comprehensive viewpoint on youth unemployment. The paper aimed to emphasize the topic of youth unemployment, its development in the research field and the usefulness of bibliometric analysis in social sciences in general, and youth unemployment in particular.

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A bibliometric study of reference literature on youth unemployment

Ralph

Arora

2022

JEC

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“…In general, the programme's design and measures align with the planned principles (Rodriguez-Modroño, 2019;Focacci, 2020), and it has reached the most in countries that have successfully developed public and private partnerships (Stabingis, 2020). The involvement of social undertakings (Hazenberg et al, 2014), the local community and civil society institutions (libraries and youth clubs; Zhartay et al, 2020) is highlighted as a material factor.…”

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Policy responses to real world challenges associated with NEET youth: a scoping review

Paabort

Flynn

Beilmann

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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In the last decades, young people not in education or employment have become the focus of policy-makers worldwide, and there are high political expectations for various intervention initiatives. Despite the global focus, there is currently a lack of systemic knowledge of the factors supporting policy-making. Therefore, using scoping review methodology, a systematic literature overview of research findings in 2013–2021 on young people not in education or employment will be provided. The research revealed five categories to consider from a policy-making perspective: “NEET” as a concept, the heterogeneity of the target group, the impact of policies for young people, possible interventions, and factors influencing young people's coping strategies. Based on analysis, the target group requires applying the holistic principle where the young person is a unique person whose involvement in service creation supports the service's compliance with the actual needs of young people. To support young people, it is important to consider differences within a single social group; the interaction between the different site-based policies; young people's sense of self-perception and autonomy in entering support services; possible coping strategies and the need to provide support in a time and place-based flexible and caring environment through multidisciplinary teams. The study's results support the importance of implementation and the identification of existing opportunities of the EU's reinforced Youth Guarantee guidelines and point to possible future research topics related to the target group.

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“…The rising number of NEET (not in employment, not in education and not in training) individuals in the European Union territory, for instance, has led states such as Italy, Spain and other Southern areas to create institutions able to respond to the occupational insecurities that a passive welfare system granted to individuals (Cr epon and van den Berg, 2016). In her article, Focacci (2020) recently showed how on-the-job training programmes can help individuals otherwise isolated from the labour market to achieve occupational stability in addition to employment. These potentially allow for better matching of skills and subsequent quality of jobs (Brown and Koettl, 2015).…”

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“…This is in line with the argument that work-life balance plays a crucial role in overall life satisfaction (Sirgy and Lee, 2018) and that a separation between work and non-work role segmentation preferences (Methot and LePine, 2016) suffers from an actual effective implementation. Certain categories of professionals, for instance, can be easily influenced by their peers when making a decision with respect to where to work, what type of job contract to sign and whether or not to participate in a training programme that could lead to employment, or a change of job (De Clercq et al ., 2021; Focacci, 2020). The same applies to other segments of the working population based on their gender, ethnicity, education, sector of employment and role in the company.…”

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How does institutional context shape work-related functionings for regular and self-employed workers? A contextualised application of the capability approach to Belgium, France and the Netherlands

Focacci

Pichault

2023

IJSSP

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PurposeAccording to Sen's theoretical framework of capability (1985), individuals reach their full potential once they have the freedom, intended as the set of functionings at their disposal, to do so. However, many critiques have been developed against the lack of embeddedness of the capability approach in social and political relations and structures. In this article, the authors investigate the influence of three institutional contexts (Belgium, the Netherlands and France) on the respective work-related functionings of self-employed and regular workers, with a focus on human capital investment and institutional support offered to them.Design/methodology/approachData from the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) are used to highlight similarities and differences in building work-related functionings for regular and self-employed workers. A regression analysis is provided at the country level.FindingsIn the three labour markets, the authors find that the building of work-related functionings is more successful for regular employees, especially as regards institutional support. Self-employed workers, on the other hand, need to rely on their individual capability as regards employment protection and human capital investment. However, the authors find interesting differences between the three institutional contexts. In both Belgium and France, self-employed workers are subject to higher instability in terms of changes in salary and hours worked, whereas atypical work is better positioned in the Dutch labour market. The Netherlands is also characterised by a less significant gap between regular and self-employed workers with respect to participation in training.Originality/valueIn this article, the authors contextualise Sen's (1985) theoretical framework by taking into account the institutional differences of labour markets. In particular, the authors provide a novel application of his capability approach to regular and self-employed workers in an economically relevant European area.

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“You reap what you sow”: Do active labour market policies always increase job security? Evidence from the Youth Guarantee

Cited by 6 publications

References 95 publications

A bibliometric study of reference literature on youth unemployment

A bibliometric study of reference literature on youth unemployment

Policy responses to real world challenges associated with NEET youth: a scoping review

How does institutional context shape work-related functionings for regular and self-employed workers? A contextualised application of the capability approach to Belgium, France and the Netherlands

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