Marge Unt
Biographic Data
| ID | 295041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marge Unt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marge |
| FAMILY NAME | Unt |
| SIGNATURE | UNT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7187-5902 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Navigating Margins: Trust, Autonomy, Individualism and Institutional Dynamics in Youth Social Exclusion
This article delves into the experiences of young people facing social exclusion. By analysing qualitative interviews with key stakeholders and at-risk youth, including those incarcerated, we uncover the nuanced interrelations of trust, autonomy and institutional support. The study emphasizes the role of schools in either exacerbating or alleviating exclusion, noting the impact of educational settings on youth development. It highlights issues li…
Moving away from, moving towards and moving against others: An adaptive multi-strategy approach to defend and build resources in self-protection mode
In the face of extreme and enduring stressors, a self-protection coping mode can be entered to conserve resources (Conservation of Resources (COR) theory principle 4). Self-protection coping is underexplored in COR theory yet may offer insights about how people deal with the significant challenges posed by work today. We investigate this using a large-group collaborative auto-ethnography (CAE) with 15 academic workers during a period when resourc…
Contradictions of hegemonic masculinity and the (hopeful) potential of old age and caring masculinity in Estonian society and in films A Friend of Mine (2011) and Tangerines (2013)
Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity
"EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences. Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion. Drawing on rich pan-Europ…
Does Early Career Unemployment at the Peak of a Recession Leave Economic Scars? Evidence from Estonia
On average, individuals who have experienced unemployment are disadvantaged in terms of later lifetime earnings. Those who graduated from school during the Great Recession are especially prone to have experienced bouts of unemployment, but we know little about how much they suffer in later career earnings. Estonia was heavily hit by the economic crisis but recovered relatively quickly. This study explores poverty and earnings effects for a cohort…
The Effects of Unemployment and Insecure Jobs on Well-Being and Health: The Moderating Role of Labor Market Policies
Labor market insecurities have been growing in Europe and previous research has illustrated that unemployment and insecure jobs negatively affect individuals’ well-being and health. Although empirical evidence suggests that these effects vary substantially across different welfare states, we still know little about the moderating role of specific labor market policies. Taking a cross-national comparative perspective, this article investigates how…
Youth‐oriented Active Labour Market Policies: Explaining Policy Effort in the Nordic and the Baltic States
The starting point of this study is the seemingly striking similarity in the number of youth‐oriented labour market policies adopted by the Nordic and the Baltic EU member states in 2013–14 despite markedly different welfare regimes. The similarities remain when concentrating on active labour market policies (ALMPs) and extending the observation period to 2007–15, but the application of a more refined coding scheme suggests that there are also no…
Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe
After a long period of promoting early retirement, European societies have recently started to implement various reforms aimed at fostering a longer working life. Yet cross-national variations in older workers' employment remain, as institutional path dependency, socio-economic climate and persistent retirement culture have not allowed all countries to implement reforms to the same degree. In our paper, we provide an up-to-date international over…
Is it Worth Becoming an Engineer in Central and Eastern Europe? The Evidence from Poland and Estonia
The aim of this study is to examine the labour market returns to field of study for tertiary graduates in two countries with post-socialist heritage: Poland and Estonia. So far, research focusing on the employment chances of graduates in Western countries has emphasized the benefits of engineering. We would like to revisit this conclusion and find out if the same can be generalized for all other societies, including Central and Eastern Europe. We…
Falling High: Structure and Agency in Agriculture During the Transformation
This article examines the interplay between changes on the macro level and the destinies and decisions of individuals who worked in agriculture at the beginning of the economic changes in Estonia in the 1990s. The agricultural sector was hit most radically by economic reforms. Our main conclusion is that individual agency was strongly determined by structural conditions. People working in the agricultural sector faced substantive obstacles in usi…
Transition from Educational System to Labour Market in the European Union: A Comparison between New and Old Members
Theoretically, the central research question of this article pertains to the way in which national institutional arrangements, namely educational systems, and related modes of labour markets and welfare provisions, affect the aggregate effectiveness of youth labour market integration in the new EU member states in comparison to the old EU countries. The study utilizes the European Union Labour Force Survey 2004. Results of the cluster analysis pr…
The Role of Vocational Specificity of Educational Credentials for Labour Market Entry in Estonia and Slovenia
This article compares entry to their first stable employment among young people in Estonia and Slovenia after the fall of Communism, when the two countries opted for two different models with regard to the organization of their educational systems. Results show that in Slovenia with the passage of time after the start of reforms, education-job linkages among young school leavers have become stronger. Those with vocational credentials and tertiary…
Self-employment in Estonia: Forced move or voluntary engagement
This article examines the importance of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ factors in self-employment drawing upon the experience of post-socialist Estonia, where self-employment has risen sharply from a negligible level since 1989. Drawing on quantitative data, and also qualitative data, the article identifies a range of different types of self-employment in Estonia and explores the reasons for their different levels of success
Transition From School to Work in Transition Economies
This paper explores school-to-work transitions in three new EU Member states, Hungary, Slovenia and Estonia, focusing on the effect of the level of education and social background on the timing of the first significant employment and the match between educational qualifications and occupation among school leavers. So-called cohort effects are a focal point as well, since transition process and outcomes seem to be largely influenced by the dynamic…
The Effects of Unemployment and Insecure Jobs on Well-Being and Health: The Moderating Role of Labor Market Policies
Labor market insecurities have been growing in Europe and previous research has illustrated that unemployment and insecure jobs negatively affect individuals’ well-being and health. Although empirical evidence suggests that these effects vary substantially across different welfare states, we still know little about the moderating role of specific labor market policies. Taking a cross-national comparative perspective, this article investigates how…
Transition from Educational System to Labour Market in the European Union: A Comparison between New and Old Members
Theoretically, the central research question of this article pertains to the way in which national institutional arrangements, namely educational systems, and related modes of labour markets and welfare provisions, affect the aggregate effectiveness of youth labour market integration in the new EU member states in comparison to the old EU countries. The study utilizes the European Union Labour Force Survey 2004. Results of the cluster analysis pr…
Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe
After a long period of promoting early retirement, European societies have recently started to implement various reforms aimed at fostering a longer working life. Yet cross-national variations in older workers' employment remain, as institutional path dependency, socio-economic climate and persistent retirement culture have not allowed all countries to implement reforms to the same degree. In our paper, we provide an up-to-date international over…
Transition From School to Work in Transition Economies
This paper explores school-to-work transitions in three new EU Member states, Hungary, Slovenia and Estonia, focusing on the effect of the level of education and social background on the timing of the first significant employment and the match between educational qualifications and occupation among school leavers. So-called cohort effects are a focal point as well, since transition process and outcomes seem to be largely influenced by the dynamic…
Youth‐oriented Active Labour Market Policies: Explaining Policy Effort in the Nordic and the Baltic States
The starting point of this study is the seemingly striking similarity in the number of youth‐oriented labour market policies adopted by the Nordic and the Baltic EU member states in 2013–14 despite markedly different welfare regimes. The similarities remain when concentrating on active labour market policies (ALMPs) and extending the observation period to 2007–15, but the application of a more refined coding scheme suggests that there are also no…
The Role of Vocational Specificity of Educational Credentials for Labour Market Entry in Estonia and Slovenia
This article compares entry to their first stable employment among young people in Estonia and Slovenia after the fall of Communism, when the two countries opted for two different models with regard to the organization of their educational systems. Results show that in Slovenia with the passage of time after the start of reforms, education-job linkages among young school leavers have become stronger. Those with vocational credentials and tertiary…
Self-employment in Estonia: Forced move or voluntary engagement
This article examines the importance of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ factors in self-employment drawing upon the experience of post-socialist Estonia, where self-employment has risen sharply from a negligible level since 1989. Drawing on quantitative data, and also qualitative data, the article identifies a range of different types of self-employment in Estonia and explores the reasons for their different levels of success
Does Early Career Unemployment at the Peak of a Recession Leave Economic Scars? Evidence from Estonia
On average, individuals who have experienced unemployment are disadvantaged in terms of later lifetime earnings. Those who graduated from school during the Great Recession are especially prone to have experienced bouts of unemployment, but we know little about how much they suffer in later career earnings. Estonia was heavily hit by the economic crisis but recovered relatively quickly. This study explores poverty and earnings effects for a cohort…
Is it Worth Becoming an Engineer in Central and Eastern Europe? The Evidence from Poland and Estonia
The aim of this study is to examine the labour market returns to field of study for tertiary graduates in two countries with post-socialist heritage: Poland and Estonia. So far, research focusing on the employment chances of graduates in Western countries has emphasized the benefits of engineering. We would like to revisit this conclusion and find out if the same can be generalized for all other societies, including Central and Eastern Europe. We…
Transition From School to Work in Transition Economies
This paper explores school-to-work transitions in three new EU Member states, Hungary, Slovenia and Estonia, focusing on the effect of the level of education and social background on the timing of the first significant employment and the match between educational qualifications and occupation among school leavers. So-called cohort effects are a focal point as well, since transition process and outcomes seem to be largely influenced by the dynamic…
Self-employment in Estonia: Forced move or voluntary engagement
This article examines the importance of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ factors in self-employment drawing upon the experience of post-socialist Estonia, where self-employment has risen sharply from a negligible level since 1989. Drawing on quantitative data, and also qualitative data, the article identifies a range of different types of self-employment in Estonia and explores the reasons for their different levels of success
Transition from Educational System to Labour Market in the European Union: A Comparison between New and Old Members
Theoretically, the central research question of this article pertains to the way in which national institutional arrangements, namely educational systems, and related modes of labour markets and welfare provisions, affect the aggregate effectiveness of youth labour market integration in the new EU member states in comparison to the old EU countries. The study utilizes the European Union Labour Force Survey 2004. Results of the cluster analysis pr…
The Role of Vocational Specificity of Educational Credentials for Labour Market Entry in Estonia and Slovenia
This article compares entry to their first stable employment among young people in Estonia and Slovenia after the fall of Communism, when the two countries opted for two different models with regard to the organization of their educational systems. Results show that in Slovenia with the passage of time after the start of reforms, education-job linkages among young school leavers have become stronger. Those with vocational credentials and tertiary…
Falling High: Structure and Agency in Agriculture During the Transformation
This article examines the interplay between changes on the macro level and the destinies and decisions of individuals who worked in agriculture at the beginning of the economic changes in Estonia in the 1990s. The agricultural sector was hit most radically by economic reforms. Our main conclusion is that individual agency was strongly determined by structural conditions. People working in the agricultural sector faced substantive obstacles in usi…
Is it Worth Becoming an Engineer in Central and Eastern Europe? The Evidence from Poland and Estonia
The aim of this study is to examine the labour market returns to field of study for tertiary graduates in two countries with post-socialist heritage: Poland and Estonia. So far, research focusing on the employment chances of graduates in Western countries has emphasized the benefits of engineering. We would like to revisit this conclusion and find out if the same can be generalized for all other societies, including Central and Eastern Europe. We…
Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe
After a long period of promoting early retirement, European societies have recently started to implement various reforms aimed at fostering a longer working life. Yet cross-national variations in older workers' employment remain, as institutional path dependency, socio-economic climate and persistent retirement culture have not allowed all countries to implement reforms to the same degree. In our paper, we provide an up-to-date international over…
Youth‐oriented Active Labour Market Policies: Explaining Policy Effort in the Nordic and the Baltic States
The starting point of this study is the seemingly striking similarity in the number of youth‐oriented labour market policies adopted by the Nordic and the Baltic EU member states in 2013–14 despite markedly different welfare regimes. The similarities remain when concentrating on active labour market policies (ALMPs) and extending the observation period to 2007–15, but the application of a more refined coding scheme suggests that there are also no…
The Effects of Unemployment and Insecure Jobs on Well-Being and Health: The Moderating Role of Labor Market Policies
Labor market insecurities have been growing in Europe and previous research has illustrated that unemployment and insecure jobs negatively affect individuals’ well-being and health. Although empirical evidence suggests that these effects vary substantially across different welfare states, we still know little about the moderating role of specific labor market policies. Taking a cross-national comparative perspective, this article investigates how…
Does Early Career Unemployment at the Peak of a Recession Leave Economic Scars? Evidence from Estonia
On average, individuals who have experienced unemployment are disadvantaged in terms of later lifetime earnings. Those who graduated from school during the Great Recession are especially prone to have experienced bouts of unemployment, but we know little about how much they suffer in later career earnings. Estonia was heavily hit by the economic crisis but recovered relatively quickly. This study explores poverty and earnings effects for a cohort…
Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe: The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity
"EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences. Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion. Drawing on rich pan-Europ…
Contradictions of hegemonic masculinity and the (hopeful) potential of old age and caring masculinity in Estonian society and in films A Friend of Mine (2011) and Tangerines (2013)
Moving away from, moving towards and moving against others: An adaptive multi-strategy approach to defend and build resources in self-protection mode
In the face of extreme and enduring stressors, a self-protection coping mode can be entered to conserve resources (Conservation of Resources (COR) theory principle 4). Self-protection coping is underexplored in COR theory yet may offer insights about how people deal with the significant challenges posed by work today. We investigate this using a large-group collaborative auto-ethnography (CAE) with 15 academic workers during a period when resourc…
Navigating Margins: Trust, Autonomy, Individualism and Institutional Dynamics in Youth Social Exclusion
This article delves into the experiences of young people facing social exclusion. By analysing qualitative interviews with key stakeholders and at-risk youth, including those incarcerated, we uncover the nuanced interrelations of trust, autonomy and institutional support. The study emphasizes the role of schools in either exacerbating or alleviating exclusion, noting the impact of educational settings on youth development. It highlights issues li…
Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · European union (5 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (5 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (5 works)