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Deconstructing the NEET Condition for a Renewed Policy Approach to Youth Vulnerability

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  • Rosangela Lodigiani

    (Department of Sociology – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Mariagrazia Santagati

    (Department of Sociology – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Barbara Barabaschi

    (Department of Economic and Social Sciences – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Abstract

This article discusses the not in education, employment, or training (NEET) construct used in public policies to identify vulnerable young people and respond to their needs but which is actually incapable of grasping their heterogeneity and diverse life conditions. We critically reflect on the shortcomings of the NEET indicator and its risk of essentializing a category that does not exist as such in reality. The underlying assumption is that these policies contribute to reinforcing these shortcomings and fail to intercept the most disadvantaged youngsters. Furthermore, the article provides some suggestions to go beyond the NEET category and proposes new approaches and research paths to understand and explain youth vulnerability, highlighting the social-cultural construction of youth vulnerability, the importance of the temporal dimension in youth marginalization and the usefulness of an intersectional approach that highlights young peoples’ personal resources, social resilience and capability to exploit social and economic life chances.

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  • Rosangela Lodigiani & Mariagrazia Santagati & Barbara Barabaschi, 2023. "Deconstructing the NEET Condition for a Renewed Policy Approach to Youth Vulnerability," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 131(3), pages 385-406.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2023:v:131:i:3:p:385-406
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    Keywords

    NEET; school-to-work transition; youth employment policies; youth vulnerability; intersectional approach;
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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