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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765712503321

Titolo

Youth and the crisis : unemployment, education and health in Europe / / edited by Gianluigi Coppola and Niall O'Higgins ; contributors, Giovanni S. F. Bruno [and twenty-five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-317-48457-6

1-315-70899-X

1-317-48456-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Labour Economics

Disciplina

331.34094

Soggetti

Youth - Employment - Europe

Unemployment - Europe

Labor market - Europe

Manpower policy - Europe

Europe Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Editors' introduction; PART I Education and training: choices and outcomes; 2 Monopsony power and work-based training; 3 Overeducation: a disease of the school-to-work transition system; 4 Should I stay or should I go? Dropping out from university: an empirical analysis of students' performances; 5 University dropout rates in Italy; 6 The future has early roots: learning outcomes and school effectiveness in Tuscany's primary education system

PART II Short-term choices with long-term consequences: health, leaving home and intergenerational mobility7 Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow: income and risky choices amongst young adults in the UK; 8 Obesity and economic performance of young workers in Italy; 9 Leaving home and housing prices: the experience of Italian youth emancipation; 10 Leaving home and poverty before and after the



economic crisis in southern European Countries; 11 Youth unemployment and health over 50: evidence for the European countries

12 Intergenerational equity and intergenerational mobility in Italy: an analysis from SHIWPART III Youth labour markets, NEET and the crisis; 13 Youth re-employment probabilities in a gender perspective: the case of Italy; 14 The regional impact of the crisis on young people in different EU countries; 15 Young people in transitions: conditions, indicators and policy implications. To NEET or not to NEET?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in the youth labour market in Europe. This timely book deals with a number of areas related to the context, choices and experiences of young people, the consequences of which resonate throughout their lives.