The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in youth labour markets 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...

European countries offer a large amount of policies to protect the population against the risk of poverty and social exclusion but Young adults generally do not have access to unemployment benefits since their period of contribution is relatively short and in some countries they do not have...