Social exclusion of youth in Europe : the multifaceted consequences of labour market insecurity / edited by Marge Unt, Michael Gebel, Sonia Bertolini, Vasiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzis, Dirk Hofäcker.

Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion of young people and derives crucial new policy recommendations. Contributors offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Other Authors: Hofäcker, Dirk (Editor), Deliyianni-Kouimtzis, Vassiliki (Editor), Bertolini, Sonia (Editor), Gebel, Michael, 1979- (Editor), Unt, Marge (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Youth transitions in times of labour market insecurity
  • Labour market insecurity and youth well-being and health
  • Effects of unemployment and insecure jobs on youth well-being in Europe: economic development and business cycle fluctuations
  • Health effects of unemployment in couples: does becoming unemployed affect a young partner's health?
  • Multiple routes to youth well-being: a qualitative comparative analysis of buffers to the negative consequences of unemployment
  • Experiencing unemployment and job insecurity in two European countries: German and Italian young people's well-being and coping strategies
  • Labour market insecurity and youth autonomy
  • Meanings of work in the narratives of Italian, Estonian, and Polish young people who experience labour market insecurity
  • Housing autonomy of youth in Europe: do labour and housing policies matter?
  • Is housing autonomy still a step towards adulthood in a time of job insecurity?
  • Becoming economically autonomous: young people in Italy and Poland in a time of job insecurity
  • The role of informal social support for young people in unemployment and job insecurity in Italy, Estonia, and Germany
  • How young people experience and perceive labour market policies in four European countries
  • Labour market insecurity and the socio-economic consequences for youth
  • Can labour market policies protect unemployed youth from poverty? A cross-European comparison
  • Unemployment and job precariousness: material and social consequences for Greek and Italian youth
  • Syntheses of long-term socio-economic consequences of insecure labour market positions for youth in Europe
  • Conclusions: Integrating perspectives on youth transitions and the risk of social exclusion
  • Index.