[eng] The actual figures of youth unemployment rate are in skyscraper levels in some
European countries; it is in discussion if the full time students should be
included as part of the labor force or not.
But the levels of NEET (nor in employment, education or training) in some
countries are higher than 15%; like Italy; Bulgaria, Greece and Spain and this
group is in real risk of becoming a scarred generation or “lost generation”.
This must be taken seriously, and undertake the necessaries reforms to solve it
by applying specific target politics and macro-economic politics, because youth
are the future.
To understand this complex problem which is youth unemployment, it is
necessary to pull apart the different issues affecting it. To understand the wide
picture is necessary to understand what is going on behind scenes, in issues
like:
● Educational mismatch, the need of the formal and informal education, to
understand the advantages of a dual-system of education based in work
learning, the composition of the labour force, etc.
In this dissertation, those characteristics are going to be analysed and they are
going to be compare in a cross-country comparison.
It is a complex situation, with complex characteristics which does not have an
easy way out.
Reforms, and coordination in politics are needed in the European countries as
they are supported by the European programs.