ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN LABOUR ECONOMICS

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The first part of the book is concerned with issues related to education and training covering matters such as the role of monopsony in training the consequences of overeducation and the quality of educational institutions from primary to tertiary. The second part is primarily concerned with the longterm consequences of shortterm choices and experiences including contributions on healthrelated choices health consequences later in life factors affecting the homeleaving decision as well as an analysis of the increasing intergenerational transmission of inequality: a trend which accelerated during the recession. The last part of the book deals with issues related to youth unemployment and NEET the direct consequence of the recession.The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in the youth labour market in Europe. This timely book deals with a number of areas related to the context choices and experiences of young people the consequences of which resonate throughout their lives. The focus of the contributions to this volume is on issues which whilst undoubtedly important have thus far received less attention than they arguably deserve. The first part of the book is concerned with issues related to education and training covering matters such as the role of monopsony in training the consequences of overeducation and the quality of educational institutions from primary to tertiary. The second part is primarily concerned with the longterm consequences of shortterm choices and experiences including contributions on healthrelated choices health consequences later in life factors affecting the homeleaving decision as well as an analysis of the increasing intergenerational transmission of inequality: a trend which accelerated during the recession. The last part of the book deals with issues related to youth unemployment and NEET the direct consequence of the recession.This book contains a number of innovative analyses reporting significant findings that contrast with standard models. Some of the more interesting results directly contradict conventional wisdom on a number of topics from the importance of monopsony in training markets to the importance of transitory income changes on consumption of addictive goods. This book is suitable for those who study labor economics political economy as well as employment and unemployment.1. Editors Introduction Youth and their future Part I: Education and training choices and outcomes 2. Monopsony power and workbased training 3. Overeducation: A disease of the schooltowork transition system 4. Should I stay or should I go? Dropping Out from University: an Empirical Analysis of Students Performance 5. University Dropout rates in Italy 6. The future has early roots. Learning outcomes and schools effectiveness in Tuscanys primary education system Part II: Shortterm choices with longterm consequences: Health Homeleaving and intergenerational mobility 7. Smoking dri

Data Publikacji: 2015-12-10
Wymiary: 234 mm 156 mm 566 gr