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Work, Family Policies and Transitions to Adulthood in EuropeEuropean Union and Member States’ Youth Policy Agendas

Work, Family Policies and Transitions to Adulthood in Europe: European Union and Member States’... [Across Europe young adults face considerable challenges in navigating their way onto the labour market and establishing themselves as independent citizens. At the European level there is ongoing concern about the plight of young adults, not least because youth employment rates were slow to respond to the relatively strong economic conditions between 2000 and 2008. Although some progress was made, the need to reduce youth unemployment continues to be a concern for European institutions given that young adults are twice as likely to experience unemployment compared to the rest of the population (see for example European Commission 2009a, p. 6). The financial crisis of 2008–10 compounded the challenges young adults face and also brought policies towards young adults further to the fore. The challenges of integrating young adults into the labour market have been translated into various policy mechanisms of the so-called European Employment Strategy (EES), with Member States being required to respond to policy goals for the EU as a whole and nationally specific concerns identified by the European Commission. Although young adults face similar challenges across the EU, there remains wide national diversity in the outcomes on youth labour markets and the nature of transitions to work and an independent income.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Work, Family Policies and Transitions to Adulthood in EuropeEuropean Union and Member States’ Youth Policy Agendas

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
ISBN
978-1-349-33600-5
Pages
39–74
DOI
10.1057/9781137284198_3
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Abstract

[Across Europe young adults face considerable challenges in navigating their way onto the labour market and establishing themselves as independent citizens. At the European level there is ongoing concern about the plight of young adults, not least because youth employment rates were slow to respond to the relatively strong economic conditions between 2000 and 2008. Although some progress was made, the need to reduce youth unemployment continues to be a concern for European institutions given that young adults are twice as likely to experience unemployment compared to the rest of the population (see for example European Commission 2009a, p. 6). The financial crisis of 2008–10 compounded the challenges young adults face and also brought policies towards young adults further to the fore. The challenges of integrating young adults into the labour market have been translated into various policy mechanisms of the so-called European Employment Strategy (EES), with Member States being required to respond to policy goals for the EU as a whole and nationally specific concerns identified by the European Commission. Although young adults face similar challenges across the EU, there remains wide national diversity in the outcomes on youth labour markets and the nature of transitions to work and an independent income.]

Published: Nov 7, 2015

Keywords: Labour Market; Young People; Social Investment; Youth Unemployment; Active Labour Market Policy

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