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Life satisfaction and future expectations among young NEETs: A mixed method app...
Ellena, A. M.; De Luca, G.; Mazzocchi, P.; Rocca, A.; Simões, F.; Marta, E.This study examines life satisfaction and future expectations among young NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) in Italy using a mixed-method approach. Based on a sample of 930 individuals aged 25-29, the research explores both the hedonic and eudaimonic dimensions of well-being. Study 1 employs a binary logit model to analyze the impact of socio-demographic factors, self-efficacy, and trauma-relate...
Unveiling the complexity of Italian NEET status through Latent Class Analysis: ...
Ellena, A. M.; Rocca, A.; Mazzocchi, P.; Zambelli, M.; Marzana, D.; Pizzolante, F.; Simões, F.; De Luca, G.; Marta, E.This study delves into the complex issue of NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) status in Italy, using Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to identify distinct profiles within this heterogeneous group. The research, based on a survey of 970 young Italian NEETs, goes beyond broad categorizations to explore the socio-demographic, economic, and motivational factors that contribute to their situations. Six dis...
Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlig...
Bettencourt, L.; Simões, F.; Fernandes, B.; Fonseca, J.This paper presents a systematic framework of the most needed Vocational Education and Training (VET) reforms in The Azores, a Portuguese outermost region. Our report is based on a participatory research approach involving the perspectives of five different groups of stakeholders. Our data was collected in 18 virtual world-café sessions (n = 164 participants—58 trainees; 21 trainers; 42 institutional representa...
NEETs and youth guarantee registration: Examining the link to past undeclared work
Rocca, A.; Agahi, O.; Beilmann, M.; Natalia Edisherashvili, N.; Marta, E.; Mazzochi, P.; Higgins, O.; Pizzolante, F.; Prieto-Flores, Ò.A myriad of factors influence young people’s vulnerability and the likelihood of becoming NEET. Moreover, the share of young NEETs in European countries is very high. Institutional and governmental initiatives aiming to promote the inclusion of young people in the labour market are of paramount importance. However, the socio‐economic conditions and the level of vulnerability alongside other socio‐demographic ch...
Unveiling the social representation of European identity among young adults in ...
Ellena, A. M.; Ferreira, T.; Soler-Porta, M.; Simões, F.; Pozzi, M.This study analyses the social representations of European identity among Southern European youth from Italy, Spain, and Portugal using the Central Nucleus Theory (CNT). Participants, university students from prominent cities, responded to a European identity scale and a semi-structured questionnaire. Analyses reveal common elements like freedom, democracy, and privilege. However, distinct variations tied to co...
Public employment services and vulnerable youth in the EU: The case of rural NEETs
Simões, F.; Marta, E.The Covid‐19 pandemic created unprecedented pressure to accelerate public employment services (PES) digitalisation across Europe. In fact, there is now a considerable amount of funding dedicated to that goal in broadband policy packages, such as the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. This pressure for digitalizing PES presumes that its benefits outweigh the existing risks, regardless of citizens’ singularities,...
Rural NEETs' hope across the COVID-19 pandemic: A bioecological longitudinal ma...
Simões, F.My aim is to map the socioecology of rural emergent adults Not in Employment, nor in Education or Training (NEET)'s hope during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The study involved 213 participants (M age = 26.35; DP = 4.15; 66.20% women) in a three-wave longitudinal study running between June 2020 and June 2021, in The Azores Islands, Portugal. Inspired by the bioecological model and using a linear mixed model app...
Subjective well‐being of NEETs and employability: A study of non‐urban youths i...
Mazzochi, P.; Agahi, O.; Beilmann, M.; Bettencourt, L.; Braziene, R.; Edisherashvili, N.; Keranova, D.; Marta, E.; Milenkova, V.; Higgins, O.Subjective well-being is of paramount importance when support is offered to young individuals seeking employment and social inclusion in general. The present study looks at different dimensions of youth well-being and the growing demands for skills to enable labour market integration. Based on survey data, this article examines the relationships between the role of public employment services in providing suppor...
Rural NEETs: Individual features, challenges, and opportunities
Simões, F.In this chapter, I present and discuss the main individual features of rural young people Not in Employment, nor in Education and Training (NEET) living in rural areas. These characteristics fit in the so-called individual system of the bioecological model. I start out by depicting rural NEETs educational background and gender differences within this subset of NEETs, due to their importance in shaping these you...
Equal opportunities, fair work and social protection: Impacts of COVID-19 on yo...
Simões, F.; Carmo, R. M.; Fernandes, B.Several international organizations, as well as worldwide scholarship, have abundantly shown that young people under 34 are among the groups struggling the most with COVID-19 economic and social impacts. Seldom, however, does scholarship focus on the uneven effects of the pandemic on younger generations across different types of territories. Overall, young people in rural territories tend to face much greater a...