The youth labour market in Italy is among the most problematic ones. Indeed, across European countries, Italy shows the highest share of young people (16-34 years), not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs). Furthermore, while at European level, the share of high educated is one of the lowest ones, Italy is among countries with the highest share of Early School Leavers, which are those who leave education after the achievement of compulsory education or even less. In line with a great amount of literature on human capital, highlighting the relationship between the level of education attained and the performance in the labour of market, this paper aims at analyse the link between the decision to leave prematurely the studies and the future status of NEETs in Italy. At this end, the authors estimate a time-varying correlation model to a four-weekly time series ad hoc constructed by Labour Force Survey.
The Left Behind Generation: How the current Early School Leavers affect tomorrow’s NEETs?
De Luca, G.;Mazzocchi, P.;Rocca A.
2020-01-01
Abstract
The youth labour market in Italy is among the most problematic ones. Indeed, across European countries, Italy shows the highest share of young people (16-34 years), not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs). Furthermore, while at European level, the share of high educated is one of the lowest ones, Italy is among countries with the highest share of Early School Leavers, which are those who leave education after the achievement of compulsory education or even less. In line with a great amount of literature on human capital, highlighting the relationship between the level of education attained and the performance in the labour of market, this paper aims at analyse the link between the decision to leave prematurely the studies and the future status of NEETs in Italy. At this end, the authors estimate a time-varying correlation model to a four-weekly time series ad hoc constructed by Labour Force Survey.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
