Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

“An impressive and insightful volume of theoretically informed empirical investigation of the causes and consequences of young Europeans’ social exclusion using a basket of different methodologies.” Jale Tosun, Heidelberg University

Marge Unt is Head of the International Institute of Social Studies and Professor of Comparative Sociology at Tallinn University, Estonia.

Michael Gebel is Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Department of Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

Sonia Bertolini is Associate Professor of Sociology of Work in the Department of Cultures, Politics, and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.

Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi is Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Education in the School of Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Dirk Hofäcker is Professor of Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the Institute for Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

1. Introduction: youth transitions in times of labour market insecurity - Michael Gebel, Marge Unt, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, and Dirk Hofäcker

Part 1: Labour market insecurity and youth well-being and health

2. Effects of unemployment and insecure jobs on youth well-being in Europe: economic development and business cycle fluctuations - Olena Nizalova, Gintare Malisauskaite, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Katerina Gousia, and Christina Athanasiades

3. Health effects of unemployment in couples: does becoming unemployed affect a young partner’s health? - Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Mattias Strandh

4. Multiple routes to youth well-being: a qualitative comparative analysis of buffers to the negative consequences of unemployment - Triin Lauri and Marge Unt

5. Experiencing unemployment and job insecurity in two European countries: German and Italian young people’s well-being and coping strategies - Christoph Schlee, Rosy Musumeci, and Chiara Ghislieri

Part 2: Labour market insecurity and youth autonomy

6. Meanings of work in the narratives of Italian, Estonian, and Polish young people who experience labour market insecurity - Eve-Liis Roosmaa, Epp Reiska, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Sonia Bertolini, and Paola Maria Torrioni

7. Housing autonomy of youth in Europe: do labour and housing policies matter? - Valentina Goglio and Sonia Bertolini

8. Is housing autonomy still a step towards adulthood in a time of job insecurity? - Sonia Bertolini, Rosy Musumeci, Christina Athanasiades,

Anastasia Flouli, Lia Figgou, Vassiliki Deliyanni- Kouimtzi, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, and Douhomir Minev

9. Becoming economically autonomous: young people in Italy and Poland in a time of job insecurity - Antonella Meo, Valentina Moiso, Jędrzej Stasiowski, and Zofia Włodarczyk

10. The role of informal social support for young people in unemployment and job insecurity in Italy, Estonia, and Germany - Antonella Meo, Roberta Ricucci, Christoph Schlee, Jelena Helemäe, and Margarita Kazjulja

11. How young people experience and perceive labour market policies in four European countries - Roberta Ricucci, Chiara Ghislieri, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, Marti Taru, and Magdalena Rokicka

Part 3: Labour market insecurity and the socio-economic consequences for youth

12. Can labour market policies protect unemployed youth from poverty? A cross-European comparison - Małgorzata Kłobuszewska, Marta Palczyńska, Magdalena Rokicka, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Kadri Täht, and Marge Unt

13. Unemployment and job precariousness: material and social consequences for Greek and Italian youth - Lia Figgou, Martina Sourvinou, Christina Athanasiades, Valentina Moiso, and Rosy Musumeci

14. Syntheses of long-term socio-economic consequences of insecure labour market positions for youth in Europe - Dirk Hofäcker, Sina Schadow, and Janika Kletzing

15. Conclusions: Integrating perspectives on youth transitions and the risk of social exclusion - Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Michael Gebel, Dirk Hofäcker, and Marge Unt