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Ninis

NEET es un acrónimo de "ni trabaja, ni estudia, ni forma", que se utiliza para referirse a la situación de muchos jóvenes, de entre 15 y 29 años, en Europa. El objetivo del concepto de ninis es ampliar la comprensión de la situación vulnerable de los jóvenes y supervisar mejor su problemático acceso al mercado laboral.

Eurofound proporciona información sobre este tema mediante el seguimiento de las tendencias de los ninis en toda la UE, el análisis de las diferencias de género y el seguimiento de los efectos de crisis como la Gran Recesión y la pandemia de COVID-19. Sus conclusiones apoyan políticas como la Garantía Juvenil y ponen de relieve la necesidad de adoptar medidas más específicas para las mujeres jóvenes y las madres.

Group of young NEETs

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Informe de investigación

10 December 2024

Young people in the Western Balkans
Cían Duffand 2 other authors

This report analyses data from Eurofound’s 2021 European Working Conditions Telephone Survey and its 2022 Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, as well as data from official statistics, to examine employment trends, working conditions and the social situation of young people in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). Employment trends are also presented for Türkiye. This report is part of Eurofound’s ongoing effort to support informed policymaking in EU accession countries through the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). It is the first output from a project financed by the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) under the auspices of the IPA. Its aim is to provide knowledge that will support better-informed social, employment and work-related policies in the Western Balkans and Türkiye. It offers a comparative perspective between the countries and with the EU based on sound statistical analysis and expert consultation.

Informe de investigación

21 May 2024

Becoming adults: Young people in a post-pandemic world
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Eszter Sándorand 5 other authors

During the pandemic, many young people had to change their plans for the future. While at the end of 2023 young people’s labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising cost of living and inability to move out of the parental home. This report explores young people’s wishes and plans for the future – and the well-being outcomes related to these plans – in the context of the current labour market and housing situation and progress on the implementation of the EU’s reinforced Youth Guarantee.

Informe de investigación

9 November 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on young people in the EU
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Eszter Sándorand 6 other authors

Following a long recovery from the economic crisis (2007–2013), young people in the EU proved to be more vulnerable to the effects of the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young people were more likely than older groups to experience job loss, financial insecurity and mental health problems. They reported reduced life satisfaction and mental well-being associated with the stay-at-home requirements and school closures. While governments responded quickly to the pandemic, most efforts to mitigate the effects of restrictions were temporary measures aimed at preventing job loss and keeping young people in education. This report explores the effects of the pandemic on young people, particularly in terms of their employment, well-being and trust in institutions, and assesses the various policy measures introduced to alleviate these effects.

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21 May 2024

Informe de investigación

Becoming adults: Young people in a post-pandemic world

During the pandemic, many young people had to change their plans for the future. While at the end of 2023 young people’s labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising cost of living and inability to move out of the parental home. This report explores young people’s wishes and plans for the future – and the well-being outcomes related to these plans – in the context of the current labour market and housing situation and progress on the implementation of the EU’s reinforced Youth Guarantee.

9 November 2021

Informe de investigación

Impact of COVID-19 on young people in the EU

Following a long recovery from the economic crisis (2007–2013), young people in the EU proved to be more vulnerable to the effects of the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young people were more likely than older groups to experience job loss, financial insecurity and mental health problems. They reported reduced life satisfaction and mental well-being associated with the stay-at-home requirements and school closures. While governments responded quickly to the pandemic, most efforts to mitigate the effects of restrictions were temporary measures aimed at preventing job loss and keeping young people in education. This report explores the effects of the pandemic on young people, particularly in terms of their employment, well-being and trust in institutions, and assesses the various policy measures introduced to alleviate these effects.

9 May 2021

Otro

Living, working and COVID-19 (Update April 2021): Mental health and trust decline across EU as pandemic enters another year

The third round of Eurofound's e-survey, fielded in February and March 2021, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe following nearly a full year of living with COVID-19 restrictions. This report analyses the main findings and tracks ongoing developments and trends across the 27 EU Member States since the survey was first launched in April 2020. It pinpoints issues that have surfaced over the course of the pandemic, such as increased job insecurity due to the threat of job loss, decline in mental well-being levels, erosion of recent gains in gender equality, fall in trust levels vis-à-vis institutions, deterioration of work–life balance and growth of vaccine hesitancy. The results of the survey highlight the need for a holistic approach to support all the groups hit hard by the crisis in order to prevent them from falling further behind.

23 October 2020

Artículo de blog

Youth in a time of COVID

The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases across Europe this autumn has quickly erased hopes that the virus had been contained and confirmed the surge of another wave of the pandemic. With Member States now implementing new restrictive measures for the second time since March in an attempt to control the virus, the COVID-19 crisis has become a health, economic and social crisis.

14 December 2017

Informe de investigación

Long-term unemployed youth: Characteristics and policy responses

While the youth labour market has improved considerably since 2014, one legacy of the recent economic crisis is the large cohort of long-term unemployed young people, which represents nearly one-third of jobless young people. This report provides an updated profile of the youth labour market in 2016 and describes trends over the past decade. It explores the determinants of long-term unemployment, at both sociodemographic and macroeconomic levels. It also provides evidence on the serious consequences for young people of spending a protracted time in unemployment, such as scarring effects on income and occupation and on several dimensions of young people’s well-being. The report concludes with a discussion of selected policy measures recently implemented by 10 Member States in order to prevent young people from becoming long-term unemployed or, if they are in such circumstances, to integrate them into the labour market or education.

4 July 2016

Informe de investigación

Exploring the diversity of NEETs

The concept of NEET (young people not in employment, education or training) has, since 2010, been widely used as a tool to inform youth-oriented policies in the 28 Member States of the European Union. While it has been a valuable addition to more traditional indicators used to understand the economic and social vulnerability of young people and their labour market participation, it has often been criticised because of the heterogeneity of the population it captures. This report explores the diversity of NEETs and suggests seven subgroups into which the NEET population can be disaggregated using data routinely collected for the EU Labour Force Survey. Through analysis of the data for each of these subgroups, it offers a contemporary overview of the composition of the NEET population, both at EU28 level and in each Member State. It is hoped this information will help policymakers more precisely target interventions intended to ease young people’s engagement with the world of work and training. A separate annex presents detailed information on the composition of NEETs in the 28 Member States.

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Eszter Sándor

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Eszter Sandor es director de investigación sénior en la unidad de Políticas Sociales de Eurofound. Tiene experiencia en metodología de encuestas y análisis estadístico, ha trabajado en la preparación y gestión de la Encuesta Europea de Calidad de Vida y, más recientemente, la encuesta electrónica Living, working and COVID-19, y es responsable de la calidad del conjunto de datos. Sus áreas de investigación son el bienestar de los jóvenes y la calidad de vida en los hogares y las familias, incluido el bienestar subjetivo, el equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal y las condiciones de vida. Anteriormente trabajó como consultora económica en Escocia centrándose en evaluaciones de impacto económico, evaluaciones y análisis de insumo-producto. Tiene una maestría en Economía y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Corvinus de Budapest.

Massimiliano Mascherini

Head of Unit
Social policies research

Massimiliano Mascherini es jefe de la unidad de Políticas Sociales de Eurofound desde octubre de 2019. Se incorporó a Eurofound en 2009 como director de investigación, diseñando y coordinando proyectos sobre empleo juvenil, ninis y su inclusión social, así como sobre la participación de las mujeres en el mercado laboral. En 2017, se convirtió en director de investigación senior en la unidad de Políticas Sociales, donde encabezó una nueva investigación sobre el seguimiento de la convergencia en la UE. Además de trabajar en la Encuesta Europea de Calidad de Vida, también lidera la preparación y el análisis de las encuestas electrónicas COVID-19. Anteriormente, fue oficial científico en el Centro Común de Investigación de la Comisión Europea. Estudió en la Universidad de Florencia, donde se especializó en ciencias actuariales y estadísticas y obtuvo un doctorado en Estadística Aplicada. Ha sido profesor visitante en la Universidad de Sydney y en la Universidad de Aalborg y profesor visitante en la Academia Pontificia de Ciencias Sociales.

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