Two edited volumes from the NEGOTIATE project are published with Edward Elgar: Youth Unemployment and Early Job Insecurity in Europe (e-elgar.com) & Negotiating Early Job Insecurity in Europe (e-elgar.com).
Both volumes are available Open Access with Edward Elgar online:
Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe. Problems, Risk-Factors and Policies.
Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi A. Schoyen and Tomáš Sirovátka
Providing original insights into the factors causing early job insecurity in European countries, this book examines its short- and long-term consequences. It assesses public policies seeking to diminish the risks to young people facing prolonged job insecurity and reduce the severity of these impacts. Based on the findings of a major study across nine European countries, this book examines the diverse strategies that countries across the continent use to help young people overcome employment barriers.
“Comprehensive and well-articulated, this book provides a new and original investigation of early experiences of job insecurity in Europe and its effects on youth well-being and future employability. Given its innovative approach that goes beyond the “usual” economic argument, the book is a must-read text for every scholar, practitioner and policymaker who wants to broaden their understanding of youth and their perceptions of joblessness and precarity.’”
– Massimiliano Mascherini, Eurofound, Ireland
Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi A. Schoyen and Christer Hyggen
Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, it compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries. Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a variety of methods, as the book shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity.
“This excellent book analyses the challenge of youth unemployment, by focusing on its causes and consequences, during the Great Recession in Europe. Throughout the volume, it uses the notions of resilience, capability, and active agency, while also considering policy responses at various levels of governance. It is a very clearly articulated book, conceptually and analytically, which should be read by academics, students and policymakers interested in welfare and labour market issues.”
– Caroline De La Porte, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
– Caroline De La Porte, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
“This is the first volume of one of the most innovative studies on unemployment in recent years, exploring the sources of the persisting high rates of youth unemployment since the Great Recession. It provides valuable insight into the diverse patterns of youth unemployment and insecurity in the EU, the contribution of employer recruitment policies to scarring effects and the changing nature of national and EU policy responses.”
– Duncan Gallie, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
– Duncan Gallie, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
“A compelling collection of chapters addressing the crucial issues of the consequences of job insecurity and exclusion in the transition to adulthood and the policies to tackle them. A must-read for students, researchers, scholars and policymakers in the field of youth labour market integration.”
– Ana M. Guillén, University of Oviedo, Spain
References
Hvinden, B., Hyggen, C. Schoyen, M. A. & Sirovátka, T. (2019). Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe. Problems, Risk-Factors and Policies (elgaronline.com). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Hvinden, B., O’Reilly, J. Schoyen, M. A., & Hyggen, C. (2019). Negotiating Early Job Insecurity. Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth (elgaronline.com). Edward Elgar Publishing.