Youth employment and measures to increase employability during the crisis

Daniela Paşnicu and Gabriela Tudose
Additional contact information
Daniela Paşnicu: National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Bucharest, Romania
Gabriela Tudose: National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Bucharest, Romania

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2013, vol. XX, issue Special II, 276-287

Abstract: Youth unemployment is an issue that is in the heart of the concerns for European Union (EU). Young people face specific problems on the labor market, constituting a risk group, regardless of their qualifications. The main barrier for young people in finding a job is the lack of work experience. The paper includes an exploratory approach of quantitative and qualitative research, having as a main objective assessment of social perceptions on possible measures to facilitate the insertion of the labor market. The main dimensions of research considered in sociological investigation has in view the behavior of young people who seeking employment and evaluation of a set of seven measures proposed to increase the employability of young people active in Romania. Measures to increase the employability of young people in crisis, considered in this paper are beneficial for both young workers and employers, mostly in terms of obtaining a stable position on the labor market for young workers and in terms of training the future workforce and increasing external flexibility, for employers. The general conclusions of the paper are considering methods of searching for a job, the most common reasons for vacancy and a summary of the measures panel tested. Recommendations include five main policy areas of action of representatives of governments, employers and workers organizations to increase youth employability.

Keywords: youth; unemployment; employment; crisis; flexicurity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://store.ectap.ro/suplimente/International_Con ... he_lobour_market.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:agr:journl:v:xx:y:2013:i:special-ii:p:276-287

Access Statistics for this article

Theoretical and Applied Economics is currently edited by Mircea Dinu

More articles in Theoretical and Applied Economics from Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania / Editura Economica Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Mircea Dinu ().