Youth in Greece, Today: Remarks on the EU State of Play in Youth Unemployment and NEETs—Key Determinants of Greek Young Peoples’ Life Course

Papadakis, Nikos; Drakaki, Maria; Kyridis, Argyris; Papargyris, Antonis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85690-8_18

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“…The asymmetrical effect of the crisis on the Greek labour market (Karamessini et al, 2019), as well as structural difficulties that arise from a sub-protective labour regime (Hora et al, 2019) and the extended volume of undeclared work (Medina & Schneider, 2018) render Greece an interesting case in terms of precarious labour. What makes the Greek case even more interesting is the contradiction between a widespread assumption of increasing deregulation of the labour market and workers' persistent resistance to flexible forms of labour, such as part-time or temporary employment (Papadakis et al, 2020).…”

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Stepping Stone or Trap? Contextualising Precarity as a Sector and Age Phenomenon in the Greek Labour Market

Parsanoglou

Stamatopoulou

Symeonaki

2023

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Precarity has been consolidated as a central concept in theoretical and political discussions around labour market(s) and labour relations and conditions. Moreover, it has strongly been linked with specific sociodemographic groups, prominently with youth. Both theory and empirical evidence have suggested that precarity functions as a necessary step towards integration in the labour market, as a kind of indispensable rite of passage to labour adulthood. Nevertheless, despite its resonance, precarity remains a fuzzy buzzword that needs to be further problematized and evidenced. Focusing on a specific case study, that of Greece, we try to unfold a two-fold approach: to define and measure precarious forms of labour at the level/scale of the labour market as a whole and to detect and disentangle the role of age in specific sectors of economic activity where precarious labour is more prominent than in others.

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