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New challenges for the welfare state: The emergence of youth unemployment regimes in Europe?

Published inInternational journal of social welfare, vol. 22, no. 3, p. 290-299
Publication date2013
Abstract

In this article we discuss the emergence of ‘youth unemployment regimes' in Europe, that is, a set of coherent measures and policies aimed at providing state responses to the problem of unemployment and, more specifically, youth unemployment. We classify these measures and policies along two main dimensions: unemployment regulations and labour market regulations. Using original data, we show how seven European countries locate on these two dimensions as well as within the conceptual space resulting from the combination of the two dimensions. Our findings show cross-national variations that do not fit the traditional typologies of comparative welfare studies. At the same time, however, the findings allow for reflecting upon possible patterns of convergence across European countries. In particular, we show some important similarities in terms of flexible labour market regulations. In this regard, the recent years have witnessed a trend towards a flexibilisation of the labour market, regardless of the prevailing welfare regime.

Keywords
  • Unemployment
  • Welfare regimes
  • Political opportunity structures
  • Labour market
  • Youth
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CINALLI, Manlio, GIUGNI, Marco. New challenges for the welfare state: The emergence of youth unemployment regimes in Europe? In: International journal of social welfare, 2013, vol. 22, n° 3, p. 290–299. doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12016
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