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...

The global economic and financial crisis that commenced in 2008 has triggered massive increases in unemployed in almost all Western industrialized nations. Among the OECD nations, about half have reacted - inter alia - by introducing or expanding temporary, public sector jobs in the so-called...

The global financial and economic crisis that has persisted since 2008 has triggered massive increases in unemployment in almost all Western industrialized nations. Consequently, in 2009, about half of the OECD countries tried to curb the increase in unemployment by introducing or expanding jobs...