Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298626 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) [ISSN:] 2254-7088 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 232-251
Publisher: 
Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
Abstract: 
In this study, we examine the extent to which socio-economic institutions shape young people's perceptions of labour market opportunity structures and their employment attitudes (i.e. skills and retraining). Building on the varieties of capitalism approach, we expect young people (aged 18-35) in coordinated market economies (CMEs) with encompassing welfare states to regard firm- and industry-specific skills as more important than their peers in liberal market economies (LMEs). To assess this proposition, we draw on original survey data and compare young people's employment attitudes in five European countries: the United Kingdom (UK), which represents a typical liberal market economy, and Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland as representatives of coordinated market economies. To what extent do different training regimes in CMEs and LMEs shape individual attitudes towards skill formation? The empirical analysis shows that young people's attitudes with regard to the specificity of skills and the willingness to undertake retraining differ systematically between CME and LME countries and supports our argument that the specific socio-economic institutions matter.
Subjects: 
country-comparative survey
skill formation
skill specificity
varieties of capitalism
labour market
JEL: 
J24
P16
P5
P51
M53
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Document Type: 
Article

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