Negotiating Early Job Insecurity: Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788118782 ISBN 13: 9781788118781

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. 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, it shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity.

By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, the book compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. It explores the differing reactions to the 2008 Great Recession and socio-economic and institutional characteristics of each country, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of different national policies. Contributions from experts in the field investigate the long-term consequences of having difficulty finding suitable and stable jobs in young adulthood, including 'scarring' in the form of weaker long-term employment prospects, lower life earnings and reduced well-being.

Incorporating high-level academic research with policy recommendations, this insightful book is essential reading for advanced public policy and European studies scholars, as well as policymakers at national and European levels.

Contributors include: D.S. Abebe, S. Ayllón, K.K. Bøhler, M. Bussi, D. Buttler, L.A. Helbling, B. Hvinden, C. Hyggen, C. Imdorf, V. Krasteva, C. Lewis, A. McDonnell, J. O'Reilly, D. Parsanoglou, S. Sacchi, M.A. Schoyen, L.P. Shi, R. Stoilova, I. Tolgensbakk, J.S. Vedeler, A. Yfanti

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About the Author

Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, formerly Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Professor of Comparative Human Resource Management, The University of Sussex Business School, UK, Mi Ah Schoyen and Christer Hyggen, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788118782
• ISBN 13: 9781788118781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Hvinden Bjørn, O’Reilly Jacqueline, Schoyen Mi A., Hyggen Christer