Scientific publications (Papers and Special issues)
Active Labour Market Policies and Youth Employment in European Peripheries (Special Issue)
Academic Editors: Francisco Simões (ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon)
and Jale Tosun (Heidelberg University)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.i378
Table of Contents
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Active Labour Market Policies and Youth Employment in
European Peripheries |
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Francisco
Simões and Jale Tosun |
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Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the
EU: The Case of Rural NEETs |
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Francisco Simões and Elena Marta |
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Ana
Sofia Ribeiro, Vladislava Lendzhova, Sonata Vyšniauskienė, Tatiana Ferreira,
João Carlos Sousa, Isabel Roque, Kerli Kõiv, Katrin Saks, Omeed Agahi, Òscar
Prieto‐Flores and Niall O’Higgins |
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Paolo
Mazzocchi, Omeed Agahi, Mai Beilmann, Leonor Bettencourt, Rūta Brazienė,
Natalia Edisherashvili, Dilyana Keranova, Elena Marta, Valentina Milenkova,
Niall O’Higgins, Federica Pizzolante, Òscar Prieto-Flores, Antonella Rocca,
Ricardo Borges Rodrigues, Miriam Rosa, Francisco Simões and Borislav Yurukov |
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NEETs and Youth Guarantee Registration: Examining the
Link to Past Undeclared Work |
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Antonella
Rocca, Omeed Agahi, Mai Beilmann, Leonor Bettencourt, Natalia Edisherashvili,
Elena Marta, Paolo Mazzocchi, Niall O’Higgins, Federica Pizzolante, Òscar
Prieto-Flores, Ricardo Borges Rodrigues, Miriam Rosa and Francisco Simões |
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Digital Transformation and Digital Competences of Urban
and Rural Polish Youths |
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Łukasz Tomczyk |
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Territorial Configurations of School‐To‐Work Outcomes in
Europe |
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Ruggero Cefalo, Rosario Scandurra and Yuri Kazepov |
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The Importance of a Coordinated Career Guidance System in
Addressing the Rural NEETs Issue |
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Blanka Bálint, Balázs Telegdy and Ede Lázár |
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The Impact of Multilevel Governmental Policy on Rural
Catalonia: Voices From the Grassroots |
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Omeed Agahi, Maria Isabel Pell Dempere, Jordi Feu,
Eduard Carrera and Òscar Prieto-Flores |
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The Youth Guarantee, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion
Among NEETs in Southern Europe |
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Niall
O'Higgins and Kate Brockie |
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Guro
Øydgard, Ann-Torill Tørrisplass and Janne Paulsen Breimo |
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Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in
Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities |
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Daiva
Skučienė and Rūta Brazienė |
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Young People's Perceptions of Youth Unemployment:
Insights From 11 European Countries |
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Jale Tosun, Bogdan Voicu and Claudia Petrescu |
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Strategies for Engaging and Outreaching NEETs in Italy:
Insights From Active Labour Policies |
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Adriano Mauro Ellena, Daniela Marzana and Maura
Pozzi |
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by Daniela Marzana,
Adriano Mauro Ellena, Sara Martinez-Damia, Ana Sofia Ribeiro, Isabel Roque, João Carlos
Sousa, Omeed Agahi, Maria Isabel Pell Dempere and Òscar Prieto-Flores
Soc. Sci. 2024, 13(1),
7; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13010007 (registering DOI)
(This
article belongs to the Section Work, Employment and the Labor Market)
Abstract
The NEET phenomenon in southern Europe is particularly alarming. Most
studies have focused on analysing the socio-demographic characteristics of NEET
and policies directed towards them, but more research is needed regarding the
psychological aspects that underlie this condition. This paper, grounded in the
bioecological model, aims to analyse the psychological dimensions regarding the
functioning of Public Employment Services (PESs) in three countries that rely
on the South Mediterranean welfare model. Between November 2022 and September
2023, research was conducted across six rural PES locations in Italy, Spain,
and Portugal, based on interviews and focus groups with PES operators and young
NEET users. Thematic analysis identified two central axes: Enhancing
Relationships and Building Strategic Action, which were crucial for improving
NEET-PES interactions and fostering connections between PES and other community
entities. The results highlighted the importance of psychological elements in
the effective involvement of NEETs in policy initiatives.
Keywords: PES; rural NEETs; South Mediterranean countries; youth employment; employment policies
Claudia Petrescu, Bogdan Voicu, Christin Heinz-Fischer & Jale Tosun
Humanities and Social
Sciences Communications volume 11,
Article number: 226 (2024)
Abstract
Young
people Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEET) have become a target
population of policymaking in Europe. After one decade of political attention
and corresponding policy action, we consider it a good time to take stock of
the literature that has dealt with young people who are classified as NEET and
the policies adopted in response to the risk of leaving this group of
vulnerable individuals behind. To this end, we carry out a systematic review of
83 articles published between 2011 and 2022 in pertinent journals indexed in
the Web of Science (WoS). Our scoping review investigates how i) NEETs are
defined in the literature, ii) which factors the authors have reported to be
relevant for explaining whether a young person becomes NEET, and iii) how
policymakers have responded to the existence of this group. We find that there
exists no unanimous definition in the literature of young people classified as
NEET, even though the European Union has enacted policies that target them. Our
review also highlights that individual-level factors as much as contextual
variables and policies determine the likelihood of individuals entering into
the NEET status and that it matters whether young people live in urban or rural
areas. Lastly, the literature has shown that European policymakers have adopted
a wide range of policy responses in order to engage young people in employment,
training, or education.