The Youth Guarantee was adopted by all EU Member States in 2013 as a Council Recommendation, in response to the high youth unemployment that followed the financial crisis. It commits Member States to making young people a good-quality offer of employment, apprenticeship, traineeship or continued education within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving education. Six years on, we took stock for the European Commission. Alongside an analysis of the available data, we conducted an EU-wide online survey, a brainstorming seminar in Brussels and in-depth telephone interviews to capture the views of key stakeholders. Part 1 of the study identifies six factors that determine the success of implementation and uses cluster analysis to assign Member States to five implementation types. The central finding: not only the starting position but also the way the guarantee is implemented determines its success. The support through EU funds was most effective for measures where high youth unemployment met structural problems, and in several countries the Youth Guarantee triggered lasting reforms. Part 2 looks ahead and examines how automation, digitalisation and the rise of atypical employment are changing the transition from school to work.
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Caliendo, M., Kluve, J., Stöterau, J. & Tübbicke, S., with contributions from Dheret, C., Hadjivassiliou, K. & Pastore, F. (2018): Study on the Youth Guarantee in Light of Changes in the World of Work. Part 1: Youth Guarantee. Intervention Models, Sustainability and Relevance. Document prepared for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Network of Public Employment Services (PES), November 2018.
Caliendo, M., Kluve, J., Stöterau, J. & Tübbicke, S., with contributions from Hadjivassiliou, K. & Pastore, F. (2018): Study on the Youth Guarantee in Light of Changes in the World of Work. Part 2: Emerging challenges related to young people’s transition into the labour market. Document prepared for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Network of Public Employment Services (PES), December 2018.
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