Similar information for young people aged years reveals that in almost three tenths At the other end of the range, less than 1 in 10 young people aged years in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden and Malta were neither in employment nor in education or training.
The share of young people aged years in the EU neither in employment nor in education and training fell by 2. This change is composed of some much larger fluctuations among the individual EU Member States, with considerable increases in the NEET rate for young people aged years in Greece 6. There were 19 EU Member States where the share of young people aged years neither in employment nor in education or training fell between and The largest falls — in excess of Figure 7 provides an overview of the development for the share of young people in the EU neither in employment nor in education or training during the period In the years leading up to the global financial and economic crisis, this share was decreasing at a modest pace for both age groups that are presented.
Following the onset of the crisis the share of young people neither in employment nor in education or training started to increase, reaching a peak of Both shares subsequently declined and by the share of young people aged years neither in employment nor in education or training was Figure 8 presents the share of young people aged years neither in employment nor in education or training, by sex.
In , there was a 9. This pattern was repeated in all but one of the EU Member States with the gender gap rising to At the other end of the range, there were seven Member States where the gap between the sexes with a higher share for women for the share of young people aged years neither in employment nor in education or training was less than 5. Luxembourg was the only Member State to report a higher proportion of young men aged years neither in employment nor in education or training 9.
One important step during the journey into adulthood is the transition out of education into working life. As noted above, the organisation of education systems may play a role in determining whether or not this transition is abrupt with young people finishing their studies and beginning work or spread over a longer period of time with young people experiencing work placements, traineeships or internships while they continue to study, or after a period of inactivity.
One way of interpreting the success or otherwise of these different types of transition is to look at employment rates among young people who recently left education. The information presented below focuses on people who left education during the five years prior to the survey from which the data are derived.
In , the EU employment rate for young people aged years who had left education during the previous five years was The employment rate was considerably higher The employment rate is the percentage of employed persons in relation to the total population. For the overall employment rate, the comparison is made with the population of working-age usually years ; but employment rates can also be calculated for other age groups, by sex, or for specific geographical areas.
In almost all of the EU Member States, a similar pattern to that in the EU as a whole was observed when looking more closely at the data by level of education: higher levels of educational attainment were generally beneficial to improving the employment opportunities of young people.
It should be noted these figures do not provide any information as to the type of employment being carried out and it may be the case that some young people with a tertiary level of education were over-qualified for the post they occupied.
Czechia and Slovakia were the only exceptions where the highest employment rates for young people who left education in the previous five years were recorded for people with an upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary level of education rather than a tertiary level of education. In , employment rates for young people aged years who left education in the previous five years and were in possession of a tertiary level of educational attainment were By contrast, employment rates for recent young graduates with a tertiary level of education were just under In , there was a wide disparity between the EU employment rates for young people aged years The highest employment rates for young people aged years were recorded in the Netherlands In , the share of young people aged years in employment was above four out of every five in Malta By contrast, the lowest rates were again recorded in Greece Figure 12 illustrates the development of employment rates for young people in the EU during the most recent decade for which data are available.
Although there was a considerable difference in the level of employment rates for young people rates for young people aged years were some Having peaked in prior to the global financial and economic crisis, EU employment rates for young people consistently fell through to , after which there was a modest recovery in and , quickening thereafter; note that the latest employment rates data for remained lower than the levels recorded prior to the crisis in Employment rates were generally lower among young women than they were among young men see Figure In , the employment rate of young people aged years in the EU stood at With a single exception — the Netherlands — this pattern was repeated in each of the EU Member States, albeit to different degrees.
Employment rates for young men were considerably higher than those for young women in Slovakia Employment rates among young people varied considerably according to their level of educational attainment see Figure 14 : the EU employment rate of those aged years who had completed a tertiary education was The EU employment rate for young persons with at most upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary qualifications stood at Temporary work contracts are quite common among young people entering the labour market.
These types of contract, which often include seasonal employment, allow employers to adapt to changes in their need for labour input. There is some evidence to suggest that young people who are out of work are more likely to accept these types of contract. Furthermore, employers may use temporary work contracts to assess the capabilities of new recruits before offering them a permanent position. Temporary and part-time work contracts are two types of agreement that young people are often offered when entering the labour market.
Temporary employment includes work under a fixed-term contract, rather than a permanent work contract where there is no end-date. A job may be considered temporary employment and its holder a temporary employee if both employer and employee agree that its end is decided by objective rules usually written down in a work contract of a limited duration.
These rules can be a specific date, the end of a task, or the return of another employee who has been temporarily replaced. According to the International Labour Organisation ILO , part-time employment is defined as regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. As shown in Figure 15, a relatively high proportion of young people worked with a temporary work contract: in , almost half This pattern of a greater share of temporary employees for the younger age group was repeated in each of the EU Member States for which data are available.
There were however substantial differences between the EU Member States: the rates of young employees both age groups working with temporary work contracts in were highest in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Croatia and Slovenia. Spain had the highest rate for both age groups, as At the other end of the spectrum, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and the Baltic Member States were among the Member States with the lowest temporary employment rates in both age groups note that there is no information available for Lithuania for young employees aged years.
And many older adults retire because they saved and have enough financial resources and no longer have to work. In each case, these people have excluded themselves from the labor force because they do not wish to be employed. Even though they do not have jobs, they are not considered unemployed. Another group classified as not in the labor force is discouraged workers. These are people who do not have a job and are no longer looking for work because they think there are no jobs available to them.
Such discouragement is likely to occur during a recession as people lose jobs and then have difficulty finding another one. They likely will not start looking for work until they see signs that the labor market has improved. Because they are neither employed nor actively seeking employment, they are not counted as part of the labor force. To calculate the unemployment rate, the BLS divides the number of people who are unemployed by the total number of people in the labor force and then multiplies by For example, an unemployment rate of 5 percent indicates that 95 percent of those in the labor force are employed.
Economists classify unemployment into three categories: frictional, structural, and cyclical. Frictional unemployment results when people are temporarily unemployed, either because they are new to the job market or are searching for a better job. Structural unemployment is caused by a mismatch in the skills held by those looking for work and the skills demanded by those seeking workers.
For example, when an auto assembly plant is moved to another city, the skills held by the plant's former workers may no longer be in demand in the workers' current location. They may have to relocate to cities with auto assembly plants or learn new job skills. Because workers are always entering the labor force and switching jobs, a certain amount of frictional unemployment is inevitable. Likewise, changes in technology and preferences guarantee that economies also suffer from structural unemployment.
As such, a certain amount of unemployment is considered natural. Fittingly, the natural rate of unemployment is the sum of frictional and structural unemployment. Cyclical unemployment is associated with jobs lost due to recession; it is the deviation from the natural rate of unemployment. A "benchmark" provides a standard or point of reference to help judge the level of similar things. For example, is a baseball player with a. In , the batting average for professional Major League Baseball players was.
Because the natural rate of unemployment defines "full employment," it is often used as an unemployment benchmark. Frictional unemployment is not a direct result of economic factors and occurs when workers search for jobs. Conversely, structural unemployment is caused by shifts in the economy that make it difficult for workers to find employment. Frictional unemployment is the result of workers searching for new employment or transitioning from their old jobs to new ones. Frictional unemployment is voluntary and a direct result of temporary transitions in employment.
This includes new people who are entering the workforce, anyone who moves to find work in a different city, and people who quit their jobs to find other work. Workers may also choose to remain unemployed rather than take the first job they are offered.
Thus, frictional unemployment is usually present in an economic system, because some people are always searching for new jobs. Recent college graduates who are looking for work may not expect to find a job within a year of graduating due to their lack of experience. However, offers may come in for jobs that are not in their chosen field. When they reject those offers for that reason, they are frictionally unemployed.
Employers can also cause frictional unemployment. For instance, employers may feel as though there are not enough qualified candidates for certain positions and thus not try to fill them. Many economists remain unconcerned about frictional unemployment, as there is no way to stop it from happening.
They realize that frictional unemployment is temporary and does not put a strain on government resources such as social assistance and unemployment benefits. It is actually a good sign for the economy, as it demonstrates that people are looking for higher-paying, better-quality jobs. Because frictional unemployment is generally accepted as a sign of a dynamic economy economists are less concerned about that component of the unemployment rate as opposed to structural or cyclical unemployment.
Cyclical unemployment is a result of the business cycle , with unemployment rising during recessions and declining with economic growth. Structural unemployment is a type of long-term unemployment caused by shifts in the economy.
It occurs when there is an oversupply of jobs and people who are willing to work them, but those people are not qualified to do so. One of the reasons behind structural unemployment is technological advances, which can cause some types of skilled laborers to become obsolete.
Assume a data analyst at an investment bank has been working in the field for more than 20 years but has never kept up with technological advances and never learned to program. As the worker is not qualified for other data-analyst jobs, which require extensive programming skills, they would experience structural unemployment.
Structural unemployment can also be caused by a decline in an industry. Structural unemployment can produce permanent disruptions due to fundamental and permanent changes that occur in the structure of the economy that marginalizes a group of workers.
Structural unemployment can be caused by technological changes, a lack of relevant skills, or jobs moving overseas to another country. High levels of frictional or cyclical unemployment may be remedied by means of fiscal or monetary stimulus that encourages employers to hire more workers and encourages growth.
Structural unemployment, however, requires more long-term solutions than merely increasing the amount of cash in an economy, such as skills training and education or increased welfare measures to provide a social safety net. Our Economy. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alternative measures of labor underutilization. Accessed Sept. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for Investopedia. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page.
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