What Makes Youth Become NEET? The Evidence from Russian LFS

Anna Zudina

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: This article addresses the issue of socio-demographic factors of becoming NEET, i.e. dropping out of employment, education or training for individuals aged 15-24. Empirical analysis was based on the micro-data of Russian Labour Force Survey (LFS) by Federal State Statistics Service for 1995-2015. The paper introduces the results of the analysis of the impact of education on NEET status, which were conducted for Russia on the basis of regression estimations for the first time. Contrary to previous studies, higher education doesn’t provide a universal ”safety net” from NEET status for all young people. NEET-unemployed youth in Russia mainly have tertiary education of one level or another, while NEET inactivity is concentrated among those who have only primary education and the size of the effect becomes even more pronounced for rural residents and females

Keywords: youth labour market; NEET; LFS; youth unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J21 J24 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2017
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Published in WP BRP Series: Economics / EC, October 2017, pages 1-41

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