Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions

Rosario Scandurra (), Ruggero Cefalo () and Yuri Kazepov ()
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Rosario Scandurra: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Ruggero Cefalo: University of Vienna
Yuri Kazepov: University of Vienna

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, vol. 154, issue 3, No 5, 835-856

Abstract: Abstract Territorial disparities and youth labour markets have been often considered as separated themes, due to challenges in data availability. Comparative regional or sub-regional research on youth labour market integration (YLMI) have been therefore scarce. In this article, we address this gap by presenting a composite measure of YLMI that covers a wide range of indicators and sheds light on the EU territorial divide of young peoples’ opportunities at regional level. In order to build the YLMI index, we use benefit-of-the-doubt-weighting, a seminal methodology on composite indicators (CI) that combines sequence with conditional weights based on the range of each sub-indicator. To proof the usefulness of YLMI, we analyze the evolution of regional YLMI in the EU before and after the economic crisis; and the trends of homogenization or differentiation across EU territories. Furthermore, we investigate to what extent employment conditions, skills supply and technological resources explain cross-regional variations in YLMI.

Keywords: Spatial inequality; Territorial cohesion; NEET; Unemployment; Structures of opportunities; Living conditions; Young people; Macro-dynamics; Indicator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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