Youth‐oriented active labour market policies and economic crisis
Explaining policy effort in Greece and Portugal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9971969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Κωνσταντίνος Κούγιας (0000-0003-2475-3819, Panteion University, corresponding author), Konstantinos Kougias (Panteion University Athens Greece) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 79-105 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-871X • E-ISSN: 1468-246X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/issr.12222 |
| OpenAlex | W2995682799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
The starting point of this study is the implementation of seemingly similar youth‐oriented labour market policies in Greece and Portugal. Both countries have suffered high youth unemployment rates and have been pressured to restructure their labour market as part of the rescue programmes adopted during the European sovereign debt crisis. Despite convergence in terms of policy trajectories, there is a significant divergence in employment outcomes. In Portugal, youth‐oriented policies were better‐targeted and structured. Their implementation has been more effective and has involved the social partners from the outset of the crisis. In Greece, policy design failures, administrative weaknesses and unfavourable macroeconomic conditions have limited the dynamics of youth‐oriented policies thus increasing youth insecurity. Τhe analysis suggests that convergence in policy content can be compatible with divergence in terms of outcomes
Convergence (economics · Debt · Debt crisis · Divergence (linguistics · Economic policy · Economics · Financial crisis · Macroeconomics · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sovereign debt · Sovereignty · Unemployment · Youth unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Economic crisis and youth unemployment
The European Employment Strategy Against a Greek Benchmark
The European Social Model in Crisis
Women and Austerity
Labour Market Reforms in Portugal 2011-15
The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism
The Transformation of Employment Regulation in Greece
Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes
The Greek social model
Crisis, structural reform and the dismantling of the European Social Model(s)
Austerity-Driven Labour Market Reforms in Southern Europe
Why and how (still) study the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC)
From social security to social investment? Compensating and social investment welfare policies in a life-course perspective
The EU’s Impact on the Greek Welfare State
The European Employment Strategy and National Core Executives
Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social and Unemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UK and Sweden
Youth‐oriented Active Labour Market Policies
Mending Nets in the South
Exploring the impact of employment policy measures in the context of crisis
Welfare Capitalism in Crisis
Flexicurity between Europeanization and Varieties of Capitalism? A Comparative Analysis of Employment Protection Reforms in Portugal and Greece
How (and Why) Is This Time Different? The Politics of Economic Crisis in Western Europe and the United States
Wielding Soft Power in a World of Neglect
External conditionality and the debt crisis
Active labour market policy, international organizations and domestic politics
Varieties of Capitalism
Path dependency and convergence of three worlds of welfare policy during the Great Recession
How Wages Change
Europe and the economic crisis
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |