Convergence and determinants of young people not in employment, education or training: an European regional analysis

Laia Maynou, Javier Ordóñez and José Silva

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Abstract: In this paper, we study the convergence in the rates of young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) across the 274 European regions from 2000 to 2019. First, we apply the club convergence methodology and identify the presence of four important clusters with different trends in NEET rates. The estimated clusters consist of sub-national regions in quite distinct parts of Europe. Then, a spatio-temporal econometric model is used to confirm the presence of a reduction in the disparities (β–convergence) of these rates across the European regions. We identify the main drivers in each cluster and calculate the long-run NEET rates. The unemployment rate and the percentage of early leavers from education and training are the main drivers of NEET rates in all clusters.

Keywords: convergence; European Union; NEET rates; youth unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 J1 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2022-05-01
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Published in Economic Modelling, 1, May, 2022, 110. ISSN: 0264-9993

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