A Case Study Analysis of the Youth Guarantee Scheme Implementation in Italy (Lombardy Region)

Tsekoura, Maria

doi:10.1177/1103308818817891

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“…In the last years, the interest in YG implications is demonstrated by both the high number of studies and the diversity of the methods used to be analyzed: comparative evaluation (Ule & Leskošek, 2018), case studies (Tsekoura, 2019), secondary analysis, and public policy analysis (Petrescu et al, 2021), the convergence analysis (Tosun et al, 2019), etc. For this article, we opted for a systematic review method.…”

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The Youth Guarantee in Eastern Europe. A Systematic Review

Neagu

2022

Springer Proceedings in Political Science and International Relations

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The Youth Guarantee (YG) is one of the most innovative European programs for young people. Given the complexity of the program for the analysis of its effectiveness and efficiency, it is necessary to provide clear information, supported by scientific evidence. This paper aims to examine the empirical evidence on the social outcomes of the YG program in the countries of Eastern Europe. The present analysis is based on a systematic review, a scientific method is effective for both decision-makers and the scientific community because the data they use and submit to the analysis are classified and evaluated based on scientific criteria, and objectives that allow obtaining a complete, up-to-date, and reliable images. The credibility of the investigated sources is ensured by including in the analysis only the reports published by the European institutions (European Commission, European Council, etc.) regarding YG. Through the analysis of these documents, we found that YG led to an increase in the employability rate of young people, their level of education, and social integration, to the development of self-confidence in their competencies but also in institutions (schools, PES, employers, etc.).

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The Youth Guarantee in Eastern Europe. A Systematic Review

Neagu

2022

Springer Proceedings in Political Science and International Relations

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“…Concurrently, scholars have analysed these policy responses indicating, for example, that the recently reinforced Youth Guarantee (European Commission 2020) may be insufficient to support sub-groups in the Nordic countries that are 'hard to reach' (Mascherini 2012) while failing to tackle the 'NEET' problem more generally in Southern Europe (Pesquera Alonso et al 2021). At the same time, the national implementation of the scheme has been criticised for being de-contextualised and for focusing on enhancing individual 'employability' rather than on creating opportunities for education and employment (Tsekoura 2019).…”

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Representing a Fading Welfare System that Is Failing Young People in ‘NEET’ Situations: a WPR Analysis of Swedish Youth Policies

Jönsson

Goicolea

Ineland

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The situation of young people who are neither in employment, education nor training (referred to in political, scientific and public discourses as ‘NEETs’) has received widespread attention during the last decade. However, while policy responses to young people’s work- and school-related marginalisation have been analysed by international scholars in a variety of contexts, to the best of our knowledge, no study to date has scrutinised problem representations of ‘NEET’ young people in youth policies in Sweden. To bridge the current knowledge gap and uncover taken-for-granted assumptions about the otherwise largely unchallenged Nordic welfare model, the aim of this research was to explore how the ‘problem’ of ‘NEET’ young people is represented in Swedish policies and policy proposals. To facilitate this, a discursive approach to policy analysis was adopted, following Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR) methodology. By focusing on the solutions that have been proposed to reduce the size of the ‘NEET’ group in two selected policies, four problem representations were developed. These connect the ‘NEET’ problem in Sweden, at the general level, to the ‘vulnerability’ of young people on the margins of education and employment (especially certain sub-groups) and, more specifically, to the failure of a fading welfare system to provide services and support for these ‘vulnerable’ subjects. Beyond representing the ‘problem’ along these lines, the identified problem representations may contribute to silencing young people’s agency and ignoring the consequences of a growing labour-market precarisation in Sweden, while failing to provide a basis for equity and social justice.

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Aalan’s Story: Waithood, Capital, and Categories of Youth Research and Policy in Young People’s Lives

Holte

2021

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A Case Study Analysis of the Youth Guarantee Scheme Implementation in Italy (Lombardy Region)

Cited by 5 publications

References 37 publications

The Youth Guarantee in Eastern Europe. A Systematic Review

The Youth Guarantee in Eastern Europe. A Systematic Review

Representing a Fading Welfare System that Is Failing Young People in ‘NEET’ Situations: a WPR Analysis of Swedish Youth Policies

Aalan’s Story: Waithood, Capital, and Categories of Youth Research and Policy in Young People’s Lives

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