Abstract

MORENO MINGUEZ, Almudena. The employability of young people in Spain: Explaining the high youth unemployment during the economic downturn. Rev. Int. Investig. Cienc. Soc. [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.1, pp.2-24. ISSN 2226-4000.  https://doi.org/10.18004/riics.2015.julio.3-20.

The data presented in this article evidence that the high youth unemployment in Spain is a structural fact which is explained by the destruction of temporary jobs, production system characteristics and the mismatches between education and labour market. Analyze the causes of high youth unemployment in Spain and the circumstances that affect employability. The methodology is based on the exploration of secondary data from the Youth Surveys, Eurostat and the Labour Force Survey. The article highlights the uneven incidence of unemployment among young people. Unemployment is concentrated primarily among younger, less educated and those belonging to the lower classes and other nationality. These results show a high unemployment among young people under 25 years, the high level of school drop-outs and the high incidence of over-education of the young. The methodology is based on the exploration of secondary data from the Youth Surveys, Eurostat and the Labour Force Survey.

Keywords : Education; youth employability; early school leaving; unemployment.

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