Ruggero Cefalo
Biographic Data
| ID | 316199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruggero Cefalo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruggero |
| FAMILY NAME | Cefalo |
| SIGNATURE | CEFALO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4368-0187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Welfare Regimes, Subnational Territories and Dynamics of School‐To‐Work Transitions
Comparative research on school‐to‐work transitions (SWT) mainly focused on cross‐country differences, while territorial variations among sub‐national territories in youth labour market and transitions outcomes have been underexplored. In this paper, we investigate the impact over time of national institutional configurations and regional contextual traits on subnational school‐to‐work transitions outcomes, combining comparative welfare and SWT re…
Assessing the impact of the Youth Employment Initiative in European regions
Youth unemployment has been a primary concern for the European countries, especially after the 2008 Great Recession. In 2013 a Recommendation of the Council of the European Union established the Youth Guarantee (YG) as a political commitment to ensure that all young people receive a high-quality offer of employment, training or continued education within 4 months of becoming unemployed. To financially support the implementation of the YG in Europ…
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature
Territorial Configurations of School‐To‐Work Outcomes in Europe
Comparative research on school-to-work transitions mainly focused on country differences, examining the variation in institutional design and its impact on shaping youth labour market outcomes. The field has been dominated by a sort of methodological nationalism assuming nation states as homogeneous objects of comparison, while the territorial variations in youth transitions among sub-national territories have been less explored, notwithstanding …
Toward a modular understanding of school-to-work transitions: Comparing Italy and Austria
Comparative analyses investigating school-to-work transitions (SWT) aim to explain how institutional characteristics shape national differences in the transition from education to employment. Researchers often rely on typologies and classifications to simplify the complex processes involved. While typologies serve as useful heuristic tools, they can also lead to oversimplification and neglect of the multilevel governance structures and territoria…
What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU
Activation measures have assumed a prominent role within policy perspectives aimed at increasing labour market participation to support welfare sustainability. Most comparative studies on active labour market policies (ALMPs) have been conducted at the national level, although several scholars recently stressed the need to consider more carefully the territorial dimension of social policies. This article addresses this research gap by providing q…
Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies
The challenges of integrating perspectives in looking at youth transitions to employmentIn contemporary societies, young people face strong uncertainties upon transitioning into the labour market.Transitions from education to employment have become reversible, unstable, following scarcely predictable yo-yo trajectories (Biggart and Walther, 2006).The opportunity structuresas contexts of possibilities and constraints affecting the expected outcome…
Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions
Territorial disparities in youth labour market chances in Europe
Comparative research on youth employment has mostly focused on differences between countries or regimes of youth transitions. The territorial differentiation below country level has been less explored, notwithstanding the potential impact on youth-life chances and the territorial cohesion of the European Union. This paper aims at deepening into the investigation of regional variations in patterns of youth labour market chances. To do this, we bui…
Verso un approccio integrato alle transizioni scuola-lavoro: Un confronto tra Italia e Austria
Youth (un)employment and differences between countries gained increased attention in Europe. A relevant research strand on youth and transitions identifies the existence of different regimes or transition systems, building typologies based on analytical dimensions that refer to institutional traits and outcomes of labour market and education systems. In our contribution, we identify the main dimensions that produce stratified opportunities for yo…
Wege in Die Zukunft: Lebenssituation Jugendlicher Am Ende der Neuen Mittelschule
Positioning the Urban in the Global Knowledge Economy: Increasing Competitiveness or Inequality
Major cities are increasingly focused on being competitive on an international scale, developing innovative service sectors and investing in human capital. This has contributed to reshaping local socio-economic systems towards a knowledge economy by strategically fostering key business clusters. But what happens in terms of social inequality in this process? The purpose of this article is to analyse whether issues regarding challenges of social i…
School to work outcomes during the Great Recession, is the regional scale relevant for young people’s life chances
The debate on territorial cohesion and spatial inequality recognises the role and influence different scales have on individuals’ opportunities with extended effects especially for young people’s life chances. In particular, a regional perspective into territorial disparities of socio-economic conditions and welfare in Europe provides a more fine-grained view on the existence of territorially diverging income and labour market conditions for yout…
Young people’s disadvantages on the labour market in Italy: Reframing the Neet category
The worsening of young people’s condition on the labour market has been described as a long-term trend of contemporary advanced capitalist economies. In recent years, the NEET (not in employment, education or training) label has been increasingly used to assess the integration of young people into the labour market. Does the NEET category adequately grasp the complexity of the underlying processes? In this contribution we will try to answer this …
Investing over the life course: The role of lifelong learning in a social investment strategy 1
In our contribution, we investigate the relationship between social investment (SI) and lifelong learning (LLL), discussing how LLL can be integrated theoretically within a SI approach, by focussing on the ideational principles and policy strategies. First, we describe the SI and LLL perspectives, reviewing their foundations and main principles. These approaches present overlaps, but also differences related to the scope and aims of interventions…
School to work outcomes during the Great Recession, is the regional scale relevant for young people’s life chances
The debate on territorial cohesion and spatial inequality recognises the role and influence different scales have on individuals’ opportunities with extended effects especially for young people’s life chances. In particular, a regional perspective into territorial disparities of socio-economic conditions and welfare in Europe provides a more fine-grained view on the existence of territorially diverging income and labour market conditions for yout…
Territorial disparities in youth labour market chances in Europe
Comparative research on youth employment has mostly focused on differences between countries or regimes of youth transitions. The territorial differentiation below country level has been less explored, notwithstanding the potential impact on youth-life chances and the territorial cohesion of the European Union. This paper aims at deepening into the investigation of regional variations in patterns of youth labour market chances. To do this, we bui…
Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions
Young people’s disadvantages on the labour market in Italy: Reframing the Neet category
The worsening of young people’s condition on the labour market has been described as a long-term trend of contemporary advanced capitalist economies. In recent years, the NEET (not in employment, education or training) label has been increasingly used to assess the integration of young people into the labour market. Does the NEET category adequately grasp the complexity of the underlying processes? In this contribution we will try to answer this …
What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU
Activation measures have assumed a prominent role within policy perspectives aimed at increasing labour market participation to support welfare sustainability. Most comparative studies on active labour market policies (ALMPs) have been conducted at the national level, although several scholars recently stressed the need to consider more carefully the territorial dimension of social policies. This article addresses this research gap by providing q…
Positioning the Urban in the Global Knowledge Economy: Increasing Competitiveness or Inequality
Major cities are increasingly focused on being competitive on an international scale, developing innovative service sectors and investing in human capital. This has contributed to reshaping local socio-economic systems towards a knowledge economy by strategically fostering key business clusters. But what happens in terms of social inequality in this process? The purpose of this article is to analyse whether issues regarding challenges of social i…
Territorial Configurations of School‐To‐Work Outcomes in Europe
Comparative research on school-to-work transitions mainly focused on country differences, examining the variation in institutional design and its impact on shaping youth labour market outcomes. The field has been dominated by a sort of methodological nationalism assuming nation states as homogeneous objects of comparison, while the territorial variations in youth transitions among sub-national territories have been less explored, notwithstanding …
Assessing the impact of the Youth Employment Initiative in European regions
Youth unemployment has been a primary concern for the European countries, especially after the 2008 Great Recession. In 2013 a Recommendation of the Council of the European Union established the Youth Guarantee (YG) as a political commitment to ensure that all young people receive a high-quality offer of employment, training or continued education within 4 months of becoming unemployed. To financially support the implementation of the YG in Europ…
Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies
The challenges of integrating perspectives in looking at youth transitions to employmentIn contemporary societies, young people face strong uncertainties upon transitioning into the labour market.Transitions from education to employment have become reversible, unstable, following scarcely predictable yo-yo trajectories (Biggart and Walther, 2006).The opportunity structuresas contexts of possibilities and constraints affecting the expected outcome…
Investing over the life course: The role of lifelong learning in a social investment strategy 1
In our contribution, we investigate the relationship between social investment (SI) and lifelong learning (LLL), discussing how LLL can be integrated theoretically within a SI approach, by focussing on the ideational principles and policy strategies. First, we describe the SI and LLL perspectives, reviewing their foundations and main principles. These approaches present overlaps, but also differences related to the scope and aims of interventions…
Young people’s disadvantages on the labour market in Italy: Reframing the Neet category
The worsening of young people’s condition on the labour market has been described as a long-term trend of contemporary advanced capitalist economies. In recent years, the NEET (not in employment, education or training) label has been increasingly used to assess the integration of young people into the labour market. Does the NEET category adequately grasp the complexity of the underlying processes? In this contribution we will try to answer this …
Investing over the life course: The role of lifelong learning in a social investment strategy 1
In our contribution, we investigate the relationship between social investment (SI) and lifelong learning (LLL), discussing how LLL can be integrated theoretically within a SI approach, by focussing on the ideational principles and policy strategies. First, we describe the SI and LLL perspectives, reviewing their foundations and main principles. These approaches present overlaps, but also differences related to the scope and aims of interventions…
Verso un approccio integrato alle transizioni scuola-lavoro: Un confronto tra Italia e Austria
Youth (un)employment and differences between countries gained increased attention in Europe. A relevant research strand on youth and transitions identifies the existence of different regimes or transition systems, building typologies based on analytical dimensions that refer to institutional traits and outcomes of labour market and education systems. In our contribution, we identify the main dimensions that produce stratified opportunities for yo…
Wege in Die Zukunft: Lebenssituation Jugendlicher Am Ende der Neuen Mittelschule
Positioning the Urban in the Global Knowledge Economy: Increasing Competitiveness or Inequality
Major cities are increasingly focused on being competitive on an international scale, developing innovative service sectors and investing in human capital. This has contributed to reshaping local socio-economic systems towards a knowledge economy by strategically fostering key business clusters. But what happens in terms of social inequality in this process? The purpose of this article is to analyse whether issues regarding challenges of social i…
School to work outcomes during the Great Recession, is the regional scale relevant for young people’s life chances
The debate on territorial cohesion and spatial inequality recognises the role and influence different scales have on individuals’ opportunities with extended effects especially for young people’s life chances. In particular, a regional perspective into territorial disparities of socio-economic conditions and welfare in Europe provides a more fine-grained view on the existence of territorially diverging income and labour market conditions for yout…
Drivers of Youth Labour Market Integration Across European Regions
Territorial disparities in youth labour market chances in Europe
Comparative research on youth employment has mostly focused on differences between countries or regimes of youth transitions. The territorial differentiation below country level has been less explored, notwithstanding the potential impact on youth-life chances and the territorial cohesion of the European Union. This paper aims at deepening into the investigation of regional variations in patterns of youth labour market chances. To do this, we bui…
Special issue of International Journal of Social Welfare: Integrating young people in the labour market, integrating methodologies
The challenges of integrating perspectives in looking at youth transitions to employmentIn contemporary societies, young people face strong uncertainties upon transitioning into the labour market.Transitions from education to employment have become reversible, unstable, following scarcely predictable yo-yo trajectories (Biggart and Walther, 2006).The opportunity structuresas contexts of possibilities and constraints affecting the expected outcome…
What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU
Activation measures have assumed a prominent role within policy perspectives aimed at increasing labour market participation to support welfare sustainability. Most comparative studies on active labour market policies (ALMPs) have been conducted at the national level, although several scholars recently stressed the need to consider more carefully the territorial dimension of social policies. This article addresses this research gap by providing q…
Do employability programmes in higher education improve skills and labour market outcomes? A systematic review of academic literature
Territorial Configurations of School‐To‐Work Outcomes in Europe
Comparative research on school-to-work transitions mainly focused on country differences, examining the variation in institutional design and its impact on shaping youth labour market outcomes. The field has been dominated by a sort of methodological nationalism assuming nation states as homogeneous objects of comparison, while the territorial variations in youth transitions among sub-national territories have been less explored, notwithstanding …
Toward a modular understanding of school-to-work transitions: Comparing Italy and Austria
Comparative analyses investigating school-to-work transitions (SWT) aim to explain how institutional characteristics shape national differences in the transition from education to employment. Researchers often rely on typologies and classifications to simplify the complex processes involved. While typologies serve as useful heuristic tools, they can also lead to oversimplification and neglect of the multilevel governance structures and territoria…
Assessing the impact of the Youth Employment Initiative in European regions
Youth unemployment has been a primary concern for the European countries, especially after the 2008 Great Recession. In 2013 a Recommendation of the Council of the European Union established the Youth Guarantee (YG) as a political commitment to ensure that all young people receive a high-quality offer of employment, training or continued education within 4 months of becoming unemployed. To financially support the implementation of the YG in Europ…
Welfare Regimes, Subnational Territories and Dynamics of School‐To‐Work Transitions
Comparative research on school‐to‐work transitions (SWT) mainly focused on cross‐country differences, while territorial variations among sub‐national territories in youth labour market and transitions outcomes have been underexplored. In this paper, we investigate the impact over time of national institutional configurations and regional contextual traits on subnational school‐to‐work transitions outcomes, combining comparative welfare and SWT re…
Economics (11 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Regional Development and Policy (6 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works)