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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.

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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 * 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 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. * Gunther Schmid, Emeritus Director, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB); former Professor of Political Economy, Freie Universitat Berlin *

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. -Gunther Schmid, Emeritus Director, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB); former Professor of Political Economy, Freie Universitat 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

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. -Gunther Schmid, Emeritus Director, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB); former Professor of Political Economy, Freie Universitat 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

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. -G nther Schmid, Emeritus Director, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB); former Professor of Political Economy, Freie Universit t 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

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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.

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