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Access to the Labour Market Youth Employment in Europe

Access to the Labour Market Youth Employment in Europe. Per Kongshøj Madsen Centre for Labour Market Research (CARMA) Aalborg University, Denmark www.carma.aau.dk Danish Presidency conference on “Youth: Employment and Inclusion in Times of Crisis” Horsens, April 26-27, 2012. Overview.

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Access to the Labour Market Youth Employment in Europe

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  1. Access to the Labour Market Youth Employment in Europe Per Kongshøj Madsen Centre for Labour Market Research (CARMA) Aalborg University, Denmark www.carma.aau.dk Danish Presidency conference on “Youth: Employment and Inclusion in Times of Crisis” Horsens, April 26-27, 2012

  2. Overview • Youth and the labour market • The risk of scarring effects • Why higher youth unemployment? • Which are the relevant policies to support employment for young people?

  3. NEETs in the EU Dual training system

  4. Job mobility of youth and adults Tenure < 3 months Source: Eurostat

  5. Job mobility of youth and adults Tenure < 3 months Source: Eurostat

  6. Temporary employment Youth: 15-24 years Source: ETUI, 2012

  7. Involuntary? Source: ETUI, 2012

  8. Geographic mobility Source: OECD (2012): Economic Survey of the European Union 2012

  9. Scarring effects • Long-term effects on individual (un)employment • A rise in structural unemployment and negative effects on growth and public budgets • Wage penalties (Effect of being unemployed for more than 6 months after graduation, Danish data) Source: AE, 2012

  10. Leaving home Blue: Men Red: Women Chiuri & Boca, 2009

  11. Flexicurity policies for young persons • Support labour market mobility in general – thus creating more job openings also for the young • Economic growth! • Lower the fences between insiders and outsiders on the labour market

  12. Flexicurity policies for young persons • Support critical transitions for young persons • A flexible and coherent educational system (without blind alleys) • Monitoring and counselling of young persons from secondary school to vocational and further education (reducing drop-outs) • Dual training systems and internships integrated into education (formally or informally) • Early intervention in case of unemployment, e.g. youth guarantee (reducing scarring-effects)

  13. Make transitions pay for the young • Support mobility across countries, regions and sectors • Transparancy and guidance • Recognition of professional qualifications across the EU • Access to housing and childcare • Access to (re)training • Support to ”ice-breaker”-schemes stimulating untraditional job-openings for graduates (SME’s) • Provide safety nets and ensure portability of social rights and pensions rights (e.g. unemployment insurance)

  14. Something must be done! • Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria CEO of Young entrepreneurs – Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE Europe) • Pierre Echard, Novia Salcedo Foundation, Spain • Santa Ozolina, European Youth Forum, Latvia • Wallis Goelen, European Commission • Jacques Dahan, Socio-economic Expert, France

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