How to Read No Country for Young People?: Youth Labour Market Problems in Europe RTF
Youth unemployment has been at the forefront of political and academic debate since the unfolding of the Great Recession in 2008, exploited to a greater or lesser extent by the contenders of most elections that have taken place across Europe since then. But the joblessness of young people is a far more endemic feature of modern economies. So why has the wide spectrum of policy tools used to combat this problem achieved limited success at best? How do government leaders adopt the right approach to effectively stem the rising tide of unemployed youth?Edited by Juan Dolado of the European Uuniversity Institute, this eBook takes into account the relevance of policy lessons from recent experience to provide a clear analysis of the factors that affect the impact labour market policies have on youth unemployment. The contributors present a case-by-case analysis for a range of countries across Europe – spread both geographically and also by the divergent approaches taken. It covers countries with dual vocational training systems; dual labour markets; those where the ratio between youth and adult unemployment is notably high or low; and an overview of the recently launched Youth Guarantee programme.
