Objective In recent decades, global and European policy makers have been very slow in recognising youth unemployment and underemployment as a priority challenge requiring decisive policy responses. While an urgent concern at the global level, youth employment is not only an issue for developing countries: in recent decades, both developed countries and countries in transition have seen their labour markets incapable of integrating newcomers.Youth unemployment is nowadays a crucial issue in the EU policy agenda. Several policy instruments have been designed to improve the labour market integration of young people. Up to now, the situation of youth in employment has not substantially improved. At the European Union (EU) level, the biggest challenge is to significantly increase participation rates in employment so as to limit, as much as possible, the effects of an ageing population, and overcome the negative economic consequences of a declining European labour force from 2010 onwards.Moreover, these structural features of the unemployment in EU and Eastern Europe have been exacerbated by the recent recession following the international financial crisis. Many young people involved in temporary work will most likely loose their jobs due to the fact that labour market reforms have been implemented in most countries looking at flexibility side only (and not also at the security side).This poses several policy questions:1. How policy intervention might prevent some particularly weak young people to fall into long-term unemployment or temporary work experiences?2. Is the springboard effect of temporary work contracts universal or is it linked to particular contractual conditions, such as type and length?3. Which kind of labour active policy programmes or passive income support schemes should be implemented in order to reduce youth unemployment?This project tries to answer these questions with an in-depth and systematic investigation in several directions. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policiessocial sciencessociologysocial issuesunemploymentsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicspolitical economy Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI PARTHENOPE Address Via ammiraglio ferdinando acton 38 80133 Napoli Italy See on map Region Sud Campania Napoli Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Roberta Pellicano (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 34 200,00 Address Kingston lane UB8 3PH Uxbridge See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Guglielmo Caporale (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA Italy EU contribution € 24 700,00 Address Piazza dell universita 1 06123 Perugia See on map Region Centro (IT) Umbria Perugia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marcello Signorelli (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA Italy EU contribution € 20 900,00 Address Piazza mercato 15 25121 Brescia See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Brescia Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Enrico Marelli (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
