Youth Labor in Transition
Inequalities, Mobility, and Policies in Europe
Janine Leschke editor Jacqueline O'Reilly editor Renate Ortlieb editor Martin Seeleib-Kaiser editor Paola Villa editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:10th Jan '19
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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.
This is a timely volume taking seriously the wider perspectives of youth labor: it is not only the problem of unemployment, it is the life course perspective; it is not only the problem of education, it is the effective demand perspective; it is not only economic production, but also the social reproduction perspective that policymakers have to simultaneously consider in their endeavor to navigate all youth into good labor market transitions. If you share this view, dig deep into this highly professional volume and you will come out with richer insights. If you are skeptic, dig even deeper to sharpen your critical mind. * Günther Schmid, Emeritus Director, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB); former Professor of Political Economy, Freie Universität Berlin *
Liberalization of labor markets and welfare protections, exacerbated by the economic crisis of 2008-9, has created difficulties especially for youth as they seek to transition to employment and adulthood. This impressive volume assembles a wealth of quantitative and qualitative information on the experiences of European countries in coping with these difficulties, and assesses how the dynamics of labor markets generate differences in youth transitions by gender, ethnicity, migration, and family structures. The valuable chapters in this volume make essential reading for social scientists as well as policymakers concerned with this central social and economic problem of our time. * Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *
This book presents and integrates a huge volume of new research analyzing the lives of young people entering labor markets in Europe. The role of families, employers, migration, economic crises, and regional differences in shaping transitions into and out of employment are examined with the highest quality of writing and scholarship. This tome is far more than a collection of excellent chapters; it provides the most comprehensive guide yet to the individual and societal effects of youth labor markets, and should be read by all researchers and policymakers who care about these things. * Brendan Burchell, Reader in the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge *
ISBN: 9780190864798
Dimensions: 157mm x 239mm x 46mm
Weight: 1157g
736 pages