Social and material deprivation among unemployed youth in Northern Europe
By: JULKNEN, Ilse
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Subject(s): Young People | Poverty | Welfare RegimesSocial Policy & Administration 36, 3, p. 235-253Abstract: This article examines deprivation among unemployed yong people. Its draws on a comparative survey of 8,654 young unemployed in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Scotland. In spite of an increased knowledge of the relationship between unemployment and poverty, our understanding of deprivation among young unemployed people remains inadequate. How do young people deal with unemployment? Are transitional factors the only explanation for the prevalence of deprivation or should we also consider intergenerational factors? The six countries represent two different welfare strategies, the Nordic universalistic model and the Scottish liberal/minimalist approaches. The research findings showed diverging tendencies within the Nordic countries. Converging trends between the different system could also be found , as family support plays the main role in preventing deprivation in all of the countries
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This article examines deprivation among unemployed yong people. Its draws on a comparative survey of 8,654 young unemployed in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Scotland. In spite of an increased knowledge of the relationship between unemployment and poverty, our understanding of deprivation among young unemployed people remains inadequate. How do young people deal with unemployment? Are transitional factors the only explanation for the prevalence of deprivation or should we also consider intergenerational factors? The six countries represent two different welfare strategies, the Nordic universalistic model and the Scottish liberal/minimalist approaches. The research findings showed diverging tendencies within the Nordic countries. Converging trends between the different system could also be found , as family support plays the main role in preventing deprivation in all of the countries
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