Negotiating Early Job Insecurity: Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth
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- Synopsis
- Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a variety of methods, it shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity. By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, the book compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. It explores the differing reactions to the 2008 Great Recession and socio-economic and institutional characteristics of each country, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of different national policies. Contributions from experts in the field investigate the long-term consequences of having difficulty finding suitable and stable jobs in young adulthood, including ‘scarring’ in the form of weaker long-term employment prospects, lower life earnings and reduced well-being. Incorporating high-level academic research with policy recommendations, this insightful book is essential reading for advanced public policy and European studies scholars, as well as policymakers at national and European levels.
- Copyright:
- 2019
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781788118798
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781788118781
- Publisher:
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/25/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Bjørn Hvinden
- Edited by:
- Jacqueline O’Reilly
- Edited by:
- Mi A. Schoyen
- Edited by:
- Christer Hyggen
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