Youth Labor in Transition: Inequalities, Mobility, and Policies in Europe

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 31/2-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.


Author: Jacqueline O'Reilly
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/18/2018
Pages: 736
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780190864798

About the Author

Jacqueline O'Reilly, DPhil, is Professor at the University of Sussex Business School, UK; Chair of the Editorial Board for Work, Employment and Society; and member of the Executive Council of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics.

Janine Leschke, PhD, is Professor with special responsibilities at the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Renate Ortlieb, PhD, is Professor of Human Resource Management and Head of the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Graz, Austria. She is Editor-in-Chief of the German Journal of Human Resource Management.

Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, PhD, is Professor of Comparative Public Policy in the Institute of Political Science at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.

Paola Villa, PhD, is Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Trento, Italy.