scholarly journals Youth Labor Market Integration in European Regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3813
Author(s):  
Ruggero Cefalo ◽  
Rosario Scandurra ◽  
Yuri Kazepov
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Labor Market Participation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Labor Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
Wide Range

Countries’ institutional configurations and structural characteristics play an important role in shaping transitions from school to work. Recent empirical evidence shows significant regional and territorial differences in youth unemployment and labor market participation. Along this research strand, we argue in favor of a place-sensitive approach to youth labor market integration in order to address the regional disparities of young people’s opportunities. In order to investigate the synergic effect of different contextual configurations, we construct a composite measure, namely, the youth labor market integration (YLMI) index. This considers a wide range of indicators of the access, exclusion, and duration of the transition into employment at the regional level. The YLMI index allows cross-regional and longitudinal comparisons of the European Union (EU) local labor markets and youth employment opportunities.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Labor Market Integration Policies in EU Member States Using PROMETHEE

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Anastasia Blouchoutzi ◽  
Panagiota Digkolou ◽  
Jason Papathanasiou ◽  
Christos Nikas
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Labor Market Integration ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants

From an economic point of view, the rational response towards migration is the labor market integration of immigrants. Within the above framework, several actions have been developed by the European Union member states over the last few years, in an effort to integrate migrants to local communities. This paper evaluates the performance of the European Member States as regards to their labor market integration policies using the Zaragoza indicators for employment. Combining those indicators, the data will be processed with the well-known multi-criteria analysis method PROMETHEE. The model will be constituted by the selected years from 2008 to 2017 as 10 successive scenarios, the 28 EU countries as alternatives, and eight criteria. The paper will end up with ten final rankings of the countries, which will be analyzed in detail.

The vocational impact of educational programs on youth labor market integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 100437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Lieselotte Blommaert ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H.J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Labor Market Integration ◽  
Youth Labor Market

Vocational Education and Youth Labor Market Integration

2021 ◽  
pp. 268-292
Author(s):  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H. J. Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Labor Market Integration ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Individual

The transition from school to work is a crucial change young people experience during emerging adulthood, as the first steps taken into the labor market can influence future labor market careers and life prospects. One of the key responsibilities of education is to prepare students for the labor market, in which the vocational specificity of education systems is regarded as the central component in youth’s preparation for and allocation to the labor market. Despite many empirical studies examining the underlying mechanisms of the vocational impact of education on youth labor market integration, a review on this vast literature is lacking. Hence, in this chapter the authors provide a literature review on the role of vocational specificity in youth labor market integration, which operates through the individual level, study program level, and education system level. Moreover, a coherent system of indicators that measure vocational specificity at the three levels is provided.

Policy transfer and innovation for building resilient bridges to the youth labor market

2018 ◽  
pp. 163-192
Author(s):  
Maria Petmesidou ◽  
María González Menéndez
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
Youth Labor Market ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
And Gender

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, rising levels of youth unemployment led to an array of policy responses involving learning, transfer, and experimentation to address the complex needs of youth at risk. Reviewing these recent experiences, this chapter examines nine European countries (including Turkey) representing a range of different school-to-work transition regimes and with varying levels of youth unemployment and gender inequalities. It analyzes the institutional and process “enablers” of and “barriers” to policy learning and innovation, and it traces the pathways and major foci of learning and transfer within and between countries, as well as through supranational channels. This examination highlights where changes in policy governance have occurred. It is concluded that innovative initiatives for sustained labor market integration of youth require a policy environment that is conducive to coordinated sharing and diffusion of knowledge between different levels of administration and joint stakeholders’ bodies.

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