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dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Elish | en |
dc.contributor.author | McGuinness, Seamus | en |
dc.contributor.author | O'Connell, Philip J. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-14 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-30T09:59:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-30T09:59:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50109 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Many young people have short spells of unemployment during their transition from school to work; however, some often get trapped in unemployment and risk becoming long-term unemployed (OECD, 2009). Much research has been undertaken on the factors that influence unemployment risk for young people during their school-to-work transition. However, very little is known about the factors associated with long-term unemployment risk for those youths that become unemployed. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by identifying the characteristics associated with young peoples' long-term unemployment risk in Ireland. The research, which is conducted using multivariate statistical analysis, uses a combination of unemployment register data and information gathered from a specially designed claimant questionnaire that was issued to all jobseekers making an unemployment benefit claim between September and December 2006. The results indicate that factors such as a recent history of long-term unemployment, a lack of basic literacy/numeracy skills and low levels of educational attainment, all have a significant impact on the likelihood that young people will remain unemployed for 12 months or more. A number of attributes are gender specific, such as the presence of children, additional welfare benefits and spousal earnings for females, and apprenticeship training and participation in a public sector job creation scheme for males. Comparisons with the characteristics associated with older welfare claimants long-term unemployment risk, reveal some interesting difference between younger and older unemployed individuals. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aThe Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) |cDublin | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aESRI Working Paper |x394 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | youth unemployment | en |
dc.subject.keyword | long-term unemployment risk | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Ireland | en |
dc.title | Transitions to long-term unemployment risk among young people: Evidence from Ireland | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 664258832 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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