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The interplay of educational and labour market institutions and links to relative youth unemployment
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Abstract Many institutional theories assume that institutions function in conjunction with each other and, therefore, constitute regimes. Moreover, when analysing institutional effects most researchers maintain a purely variable-oriented approach and its ceteris-paribus logic of causal association. This arti... view more
Many institutional theories assume that institutions function in conjunction with each other and, therefore, constitute regimes. Moreover, when analysing institutional effects most researchers maintain a purely variable-oriented approach and its ceteris-paribus logic of causal association. This article analyses associations between configurations of labour market and education institutions and relative youth unemployment by examining 30 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The analysis reveals that no single institution constitutes a sufficient or necessary condition for relative youth unemployment. Institutions unfold their effects only in combination with other institutions, that is, they are always conjunctural. Low relative youth unemployment cannot be explained adequately. Employment protection is only associated with high relative youth unemployment if vocational specificity, standardisation and stratification is low.... view less
Keywords
adolescent; unemployment; international comparison; institutional factors; education system; educational policy; social policy; labor market
Classification
Labor Market Research
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
complex causality; qualitative comparative analysis; relative youth unemployment
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 346-359
Journal
Journal of European Social Policy, 27 (2017) 4
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/182561
ISSN
1461-7269
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications