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School-to-Work Transition: European Youth’s Perception of Labour Market Opportunities

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  • Liviu Stelian BEGU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Maria Denisa VASILESCU

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies; National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Romania)

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Youth school-to-work transition is a complex process, with many factors of influence. For a better understanding of this process, along with structural and institutional factors, research in this area should also pay attention to individual factors, as they play an important role in young people's decision- making process. Subordinated to this goal, this paper analyses young people’s perceptions on job opportunities after finishing education as well as youth’s main concerns about their first job. Moreover, we investigate the personal characteristics that make a young person more prone to worry about possible barriers or difficulties on entering the labour market.

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  • Liviu Stelian BEGU & Maria Denisa VASILESCU, 2017. "School-to-Work Transition: European Youth’s Perception of Labour Market Opportunities," ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH, Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics, vol. 51(1), pages 5-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:cys:ecocyb:v:50:y:2017:i:1:p:5-20
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    Keywords

    youth; labour market; school-to-work transition; logistic regression.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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